σιωπάω: Difference between revisions

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