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|Definition=[[σιωπάω]], [[σιωπῶ]], inf. [[σιωπᾶν]] <span class="bibl">Il.2.280</span>: fut. <b class="b3">σιωπήσομαι</b> in early writers, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>233</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>309</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>225</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>364</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>234a</span>, etc.; later -ήσω <span class="bibl">Aeschin.<span class="title">Ep.</span>10.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.11.6</span>, Plu.2.240e, etc. (cf. [[σιγάω]]): aor. (ἐ) σιώπησα <span class="bibl">Il.23.568</span>, etc.: pf. σεσιώπηκα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>944</span>, <span class="bibl">D.6.34</span>:—Med. and Pass., v. infr.: Dor. σωπάω (q.v.):—<b class="b2">keep silence</b>, σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει <span class="bibl">Il.2.280</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.568</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.513</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.10</span>, etc.; Σιμωνίδης τὴν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει Plu.2.346f; <b class="b3">φησὶν σιωπῶν</b> his silence is an admission, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1592</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>1245</span>; πονηρῶν ἔργων δόξει κοινωνεῖν τῷ σιωπῆσαι <span class="bibl">D.19.33</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τινί</b> <b class="b2">keep silence for</b> or <b class="b2">at the behest of . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1134</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>530</span>; σ. πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 234a</span>; πρὸς τοῦτο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.5.20</span>; ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>796</span>; imper. σιώπα <b class="b2">hush! be still!</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>81</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>529</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of bees, <b class="b2">to be still</b>, opp. <b class="b3">βομβέω</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>627a24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> trans., <b class="b2">keep secret, speak not of</b>, τὰ δίκαια <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1037</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>27</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>6.10</span>, etc.; σ. ὅτι . . <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>295.21</span> (v A.D.):—Pass., ἂν σιωπηθῇ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.22</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τί σιγῶσ' ὧν σιωπᾶσθαι χρεών</b>; <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ion</span>432</span>; σιωπώμενον καὶ ἀβασάνιστον ἐᾶσαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.13</span>; οὐ τὸ αἰσχρὸν σιωπηθήσεται <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.155</span>; ταῦτα σιωπᾶσθαι συνέφερεν <span class="bibl">D. 19.42</span>; ἡ σιωπωμένη ἀλήθεια <span class="bibl">D.H.1.76</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Med., <b class="b2">silence</b>, σιωπησάμενος τὰ πλήθη <span class="bibl">Plb.18.46.4</span>.</span>