σῖγα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv., (σιγή) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[silently]], used in Trag. (and late Ep., <span class="bibl">A.R.1.267</span>), σῖγ' ἔχοντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>258</span>; σῖγ' ἔχουσα πρόσμενε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1236</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ σ. πρόσμενε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1399</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκουε σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>815</span>; <b class="b3">κάθησο σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>59</span>: also as an exclam., σῖγα <b class="b2">hush! be still!</b> <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1344</span>; so <b class="b3">οὐ σ</b>.; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>250</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ σῖγ' ἀνέξει</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>75</span>; the public crier proclaiming [[silence]] said <b class="b3">σ. πᾶς</b> (sc. [[ἔστω]]), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>532</span>; σ. κηρῦξαι στρατῷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 1224</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">under one's breath, in a whisper, quietly, secretly</b> (cf. σιγή ''ΙΙ''), τὰ δὲ σ. τις βαΰζει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>449</span>; σῖγ' ἐπέρχεται φάτις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>700</span>; σ. σήμαινε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>22</span>; σ. μὲν ἡρώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>702</span>; <b class="b3">πῶς αἱ πατρῷαί σ' ἄλοκες φέρειν . . σῖγ' ἐδυνάθησαν</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1212</span>.</span>