hush
From LSJ
ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech
ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech
P. and V. σίγα, σιώπα, V. σῖγα.
abstain from evil words: P. and V. εὐφήμει.
silence: P. κατασιωπᾶν (Xen.).
make to cease: P. and V. παύειν.
hush up: P. ἀποκρύπτεσθαι, P. and V. σιωπᾶν, σιγᾶν, συγκαλύπτειν (rare P.).
