σιωπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=rarely [[σωπή]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[silence]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1075, ''Fr.''928, E.''Hipp.''911; σ. ὑπεσημάνθη Th.6.32; σιωπὴν [[ποιεῖν]], σιωπὴν ποιεῖσθαι, X.''HG''6.3.10, Isoc.12.234; <b class="b3">ἦν σιωπή</b> there was a [[hush]] or [[calm]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1623, Aeschin.2.35: pl., <b class="b3">τῶν ἀπειράτων ἄγνωστοι σιωπαί</b> [[inglorious]] [[silence]] is their lot who make no [[venture]], Pi.''I.''4(3).30 (48).<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[habit]] of [[silence]], ἐκ τῆς σιωπῆς τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης δόξαν θηρᾶσθαι D.61.21, cf. Plu.2.39b, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> dat. [[σιωπῇ]] as adverb, [[in silence]], the only case used by Hom., ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ Il.3.95, etc.; σ. ἧσο 4.412; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ὀφρύσι νεῦσε σιωπῇ</b> made a [[sign]] [[without speaking]], 9.620; σιωπῇ [[πίνειν]] Od.1.339; σιωπῇ [[πάσχειν]] ἄλγεα 13.309, cf. Pi.''P.''4.57; [[στῆναι]] σιωπῇ, [[πορεύεσθαι]] σιωπῇ, [[καθῆσθαι]] σιωπῇ, E.''HF''930, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.3.43, D.48.31; [[secretly]], Il.14.310; σιωπῇ τοῦτ' ἀκύρωτον μένει [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 801, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 1212.