A.silence, S.OT1075, Fr.928, E.Hipp.911; “ς. ὑπεσημάνθη” Th.6.32; ς. ποιεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, X.HG6.3.10, Isoc.12.234; ἦν ς. there was a hush or calm, S.OC1623, Aeschin.2.35: pl., τῶν ἀπειράτων ἄγνωστοι ς. inglorious silence is their lot who make no venture, Pi.I.4(3).30 (48).
II. dat. σιωπῇ as Adv., in silence, the only case used by Hom., “ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ” Il.3.95, etc.; “ς. ἧσο” 4.412; ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε ς. made a sign without speaking, 9.620; “ς. πίνειν” Od.1.339; “ς. πάσχειν ἄλγεα” 13.309, cf. Pi.P.4.57; στῆναι, πορεύεσθαι, καθῆσθαι ς., E.HF930, X.Cyr.5.3.43, D.48.31; secretly, Il.14.310; “σιωπῇ τοῦτ᾽ ἀκύρωτον μένει” E.Ion801, cf. Ar.Eq. 1212.