σιωπάω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[to be silent]], [[to keep secret]], also [[to silence]] (Hom.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">-ῆσαι</b> (Il.), fut. <b class="b3">-ήσομαι</b> (Att.), <b class="b3">-ήσω</b> (Aeschin., hell. a. late), perf. [[σεσιώπηκα]], pass. [[σιωπηθῆναι]], <b class="b3">-ηθήσομαι</b> (Att.).<br />Compounds: Also w. <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">παρα-</b> a. o.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σιωπ-ή</b> f. [[silence]] (Pi., att.), very often dat. -ῃ̃ [[in silence]], [[still]] (also Hom.), <b class="b3">-ηλός</b> (E., Arist., Call. etc.), <b class="b3">-ηρός</b> (X., AP) [[silent]], <b class="b3">-ησις</b> f. (also <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">παρα-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>) [[the being silent]], [[muting]] (Rhet. a. o.). -- Besides [[σωπάω]] in [[διασωπάσομαι]], [[σεσωπαμένον]] (Pi.), <b class="b3">εὑσωπία ἡσυχία</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: From the broader attested and prob. older (?) [[σιγάω]], [[σιγή]], [[σῖγα]] not to be separated; perh. expressive cross with an other word (to Lat. [[sōpiō]] etc.?; cf. on [[ὕπνος]]). Genetic connection with Germ., e.g. Goth. [[sweiban]] [[stop]], [[suspend]] (Curtius 379 with Fick, Persson BB 19, 265ff. a.o.; s. Bq) assuming an IE variation <b class="b2">su̯ii̯ōp-</b> : <b class="b2">su̯īp-</b> or a reduplication <b class="b3">σι-σϜωπ-</b> (IE <b class="b2">su̯ō</b>[[[i]]]<b class="b2">p-</b> : <b class="b2">su̯īp-</b>) is not credible. With Germ. agrees better <b class="b3">σίπτα σιώπα Μεσσάπιοι</b> H. -- Cf. on [[σῖγα]] w. further lit. -- Beekes, FS Kortlandt, assumes a Pre-Greek form <b class="b2">*syop-</b> (or better <b class="b2">*syup-</b>).