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σιγάζω

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: σῑγάζω Medium diacritics: σιγάζω Low diacritics: σιγάζω Capitals: ΣΙΓΑΖΩ
Transliteration A: sigázō Transliteration B: sigazō Transliteration C: sigazo Beta Code: siga/zw

English (LSJ)

   A bid one be silent, silence him, Ζεφύρου πνοάς Pi.Parth.2.16; τινα (ς) X.An.6.1.32, D.C.64.14; τύμπανα Opp.C.3.286:—Pass., D.C.39.34.

German (Pape)

[Seite 877] Einen schweigen heißen, zum Schweigen bringen, beschwichtigen, τινά, Xen. An. 5, 9, 32, wohl nur an dieser einen Stelle vorkommend.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σῑγάζω: παραγγέλω τινὰ νὰ σιγήσῃ, ἐπιβάλλω σιγὴν εἴς τινα, τινὰ Ξεν. Ἀν. 6. 1, 32· τύμπανα Ὀππ. Κυν. 3. 286. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ἐπὶ τοῦ σιγᾶν λιπαροῦντα».

French (Bailly abrégé)

faire taire, acc..
Étymologie: σιγάω.

English (Slater)

ςῑγάζω
   1 silence σειρῆνα δὲ κόμπον κεῖνον, ὃς Ζεφύρου τε σιγάζει πνοὰς αἰψηράς Παρθ. 2. 16.