silence

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substantive

P. and V. σιγή, ἡ, σιωπή, ἡ.

abstinence from ill-omened words: P. and V. εὐφημία, ἡ.

in silence: P. and V. σιγῇ, σιωπῇ, V. σῖγα.

keep silence: P. and V. σιγᾶν, σιωπᾶν, διασιωπᾶν (Xen.), V. σιγὴν ἔχειν, σῖγα ἔχειν, σιγὴν παρέχω, σιγὴν παρέχειν, P. κατασιωπᾶν.

pass over in silence, v.: P. and V. σιγᾶν (acc.), σιωπᾶν (acc.). V. διασιωπᾶν (acc.).

if need be I will keep silence on these matters: V. σιγὴν γὰρ, εἰ χρὴ, τῶνδε θήσομαι πέρι (Euripides, Medea 66).

proclaim silence through the host: V. σῖγα κηρῦξαι στρατῷ (Euripides, Phoenissae 1224).

the signal for silence was given by the trumpet: P. τῇ σάλπιγγι σιωπὴ ὑπεσημάνθη (Thuc. 6, 32).

his silence gives consent: V. φησὶν σιωπῶν (Euripides, Orestes 1592); see consent.

break silence: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι φωνήν, V. ῥηγνύναι αὐδήν.

interjection

P. and V. σίγα, σιώπα, V. σῖγα.

abstain from evil words: P. and V. εὐφήμει.

verb transitive

P. κατασιωπᾶν (Xen.).

make to cease: P. and V. παύειν.

Translations

Afrikaans: stilte; Albanian: heshtje; Arabic: صَمْت‎, سُكُوت‎; Egyptian Arabic: سكوت‎; Armenian: լռություն; Asturian: silenciu; Azerbaijani: sükut; Bashkir: тынлыҡ; Belarusian: цішыня, маўчанне; Breton: didrouz; Bulgarian: тишина, мълчание; Catalan: silenci; Chinese Mandarin: 沉默; Crimean Tatar: süküt; Czech: ticho, mlčení; Danish: tavshed, stilhed; Dutch: stilte; Esperanto: silento; Estonian: vaikus; Faroese: tøgn; Finnish: hiljaisuus, äänettömyys; French: silence; Galician: silencio; Georgian: დუმილი; German: Stille, Schweigen; Alemannic German: Stili; Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃; Greek: σιωπή, σιγή, ησυχία; Ancient Greek: ἀγλωσσία, ἀγρυξία, ἀκή, ἀκτυπησία, ἀποσιώπησις, ἀρρησία, ἁσυχία, ἀφθεγξία, ἀφωνία, ἀφωνίη, ἀψοφία, γλωσσαργία, εὐκαμία, εὐφιμία, ἐχεμυθία, ἡσυχία, ἡσυχίη, σῖγα, σιγή, σιωπή, σωπή, φίμωσις; Hebrew: שקט‎, דממה‎; Hindi: ख़ामोशी, चुप्पी, मौनता; Hungarian: csend, csönd, hallgatás; Icelandic: þögn, ró; Ido: silenco; Irish: tost; Italian: silenzio; Japanese: 静けさ, 静寂, 黙秘, 沈黙; Kazakh: тыныштық, жайшылық; Korean: 침묵; Kurdish Central Kurdish: بێدەنگ‎; Northern Kurdish: bêdengî; Kyrgyz: унчукпоо; Latin: silentium; Latvian: klusums; Lithuanian: tyla; Macedonian: тишина, молчење, штама; Maori: haumūmūtanga; Marathi: शांतता; Mongolian: нам гүм; Nepali: मौनता; Northern Sami: jaskatvuohta; Norwegian: ro, taushet, togn; Bokmål: stillhet; Occitan: silenci; Old Church Slavonic: тишина; Old English: swīġe, stilnes; Old Norse: þǫgn; Pashto: ګنګه روژه‎, چوپتيا‎; Persian: خاموشی‎, سکوت‎; Polish: cisza, milczenie; Portuguese: silêncio; Quechua: upalla; Romanian: liniște, tăcere; Russian: тишина, молчание; Samoan: fīlēmū; Scots: seelence; Scottish Gaelic: tosd, sàmhchair; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: тишѝна, му̑к; Roman: tišìna, mȗk; Slovak: ticho, mlčanie; Slovene: tišina, molk; Southern Altai: унчукпас; Spanish: silencio; Swahili: kimya; Swedish: tystnad; Tagalog: katahimikan; Tatar: тынлык; Telugu: నిశ్శబ్దము, మౌనము; Tetum: nonook; Thai: ความเงียบ; Tocharian B: ām; Tongan: fakalongo; Turkish: sessizlik, sükut; Turkmen: ümsümlik; Ukrainian: тиша, мовчання; Urdu: خاموشی‎; Vietnamese: sự yên lặng; Volapük: seil; Welsh: distawrwydd, tawelwch; Yiddish: שטילקייט‎; Yucatec Maya: ch'een, ch'ench'enki; Zulu: ukuthula