σιγή
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /siː.ɡɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siˈɡe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈɣi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈʝi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈʝi/
Noun
σῑγή • (sīgḗ) f (genitive σῑγῆς); first declension
- silence
- Dative as adverb: silently
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Cr. 43b:
- Σωκράτης: ἄρτι δὲ ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι;
Κρίτων: ἐπιεικῶς πάλαι.
Σωκράτης: εἶτα πῶς οὐκ εὐθὺς ἐπήγειράς με, ἀλλὰ σιγῇ παρακάθησαι;- Sōkrátēs: árti dè hḗkeis ḕ pálai?
Krítōn: epieikôs pálai.
Sōkrátēs: eîta pôs ouk euthùs epḗgeirás me, allà sigêi parakáthēsai? - Socrates: Did you arrive just now or a while ago?
Crito: Quite a while ago.
Socrates: Then why didn't you wake me immediately, instead of sitting by me silently?
- Sōkrátēs: árti dè hḗkeis ḕ pálai?
- Σωκράτης: ἄρτι δὲ ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι;
- Dative as adverb: silently
- undertone, whisper
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῑγή hē sīgḗ |
τὼ σῑγᾱ́ tṑ sīgā́ |
αἱ σῑγαί hai sīgaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῑγῆς tês sīgês |
τοῖν σῑγαῖν toîn sīgaîn |
τῶν σῑγῶν tôn sīgôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῑγῇ têi sīgêi |
τοῖν σῑγαῖν toîn sīgaîn |
ταῖς σῑγαῖς taîs sīgaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῑγήν tḕn sīgḗn |
τὼ σῑγᾱ́ tṑ sīgā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σῑγᾱ́ς tā̀s sīgā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῑγή sīgḗ |
σῑγᾱ́ sīgā́ |
σῑγαί sīgaí | ||||||||||
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References
- σιγή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σιγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- σιγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4602 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hush idem, page 412.
- peace idem, page 600.
- quiet idem, page 667.
- reticence idem, page 706.
- secrecy idem, page 747.
- secretiveness idem, page 747.
- silence idem, page 775.
- stillness idem, page 817.
- taciturnity idem, page 851.
Greek
Declension
Declension of σιγή (sigí)
singular | |
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nominative | σιγή • |
genitive | σιγής • |
accusative | σιγή • |
vocative | σιγή • |
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