hiss

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

hiss anyone unpopular: P. συρίζειν, κλώζειν (Dem. 586).

hiss off (the stage): P. συρίζειν, ἐκκρούειν, ἐκσυρίσσειν, Ar. and P. ἐκβάλλειν.

be hissed off: P. ἐκπίπτειν.

hiss out, slaughter: V. συρίζειν φόνον (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 355).

verb intransitive

P. and V. συρίζειν, ψοφεῖν, Ar. σίζειν.

substantive

P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ, V. κλαγγή, ἡ.

as opposed to applause: P. σῦριγξ, ἡ.