σῖγα
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
Adv., (σιγή)
A silently, used in Trag. (and late Ep., A.R.1.267), σῖγ' ἔχοντες S.Ph.258; σῖγ' ἔχουσα πρόσμενε Id.El.1236; ἀλλὰ σ. πρόσμενε ib.1399; ἄκουε σ. Id.Fr.815; κάθησο σ. Ar.Ach.59: also as an exclam., σῖγα hush! be still! A.Ag.1344; so οὐ σ.; Id.Th.250; οὐ σῖγ' ἀνέξει; S.Aj.75; the public crier proclaiming silence said σ. πᾶς (sc. ἔστω), Ar.Ach.238, cf. E.Hec.532; σ. κηρῦξαι στρατῷ Id.Ph. 1224. 2 under one's breath, in a whisper, quietly, secretly (cf. σιγή 11), τὰ δὲ σ. τις βαΰζει A.Ag.449; σῖγ' ἐπέρχεται φάτις S.Ant.700; σ. σήμαινε Id.Ph.22; σ. μὲν ἡρώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο Orph.A.702; πῶς αἱ πατρῷαί σ' ἄλοκες φέρειν . . σῖγ' ἐδυνάθησαν; S.OT1212.
German (Pape)
[Seite 877] adv., stillschweigend, still; οὐ σῖγα; μηδὲν τῶνδ' ἐρεῖς κατὰ πτόλιν; Aesch. Spt. 250; Ag. 1317 Ch. 94; ἀλλὰ σῖγα πρόσμενε, Soph. El. 1391; οὐ σῖγ' ἀνέξει; Ai. 75; σῖγ' ἔχειν, sich ruhig verhalten, Phil. 258 u. öfter, wie Eur. u. Ar. Ach. 226.
