previous next
σι^ωπ-ή , rarely σωπή (q.v.), ἡ,
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).
2. the habit of silence, “ἐκ τῆς ς. τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης δόξαν θηρᾶσθαι” D.61.21, cf. Plu.2.39b, etc.
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.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (20 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Aeschines, On the Embassy, 35
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 1212
    • Demosthenes, Against Olympiodorus, 31
    • Demosthenes, Erotic Essay, 21
    • Euripides, Heracles, 930
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 911
    • Euripides, Ion, 801
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.310
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.412
    • Homer, Odyssey, 13.309
    • Homer, Odyssey, 1.339
    • Isocrates, Panathenaicus, 234
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1623
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1075
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 5.3.43
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 6.3.10
    • Homer, Iliad, 3.95
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.620
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 928
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.32
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: