σιωπή

σιωπή

See also: σιωπῇ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of non-Indo-European (Pre-Greek substrate) origin, due to the alternating forms σιωπ- and σωπ-. Superficially resembling σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”), but probably not related. Also likely not related to Proto-Germanic *swībaną (“to suspend, stop, finish”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.ɔː.pɛ̌ː/ → /si.oˈpi/ → /si.oˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.ɔː.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.oˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.oˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.oˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.oˈpi/

Noun

σῐωπή • (siōpḗ) f (genitive σῐωπῆς); first declension

1. silence
2. hush, calm

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῐωπή; τῆς σῐωπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐωπή hē siōpḗ	τὼ σῐωπᾱ́ tṑ siōpā́	αἱ σῐωπαί hai siōpaí
Genitive	τῆς σῐωπῆς tês siōpês	τοῖν σῐωπαῖν toîn siōpaîn	τῶν σῐωπῶν tôn siōpôn
Dative	τῇ σῐωπῇ têi siōpêi	τοῖν σῐωπαῖν toîn siōpaîn	ταῖς σῐωπαῖς taîs siōpaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῐωπήν tḕn siōpḗn	τὼ σῐωπᾱ́ tṑ siōpā́	τᾱ̀ς σῐωπᾱ́ς tā̀s siōpā́s
Vocative	σῐωπή siōpḗ	σῐωπᾱ́ siōpā́	σῐωπαί siōpaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῐωπᾰ́ω (siōpáō)
• σῐωπῇ (siōpêi)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page σιωπή
2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3033

Further reading

• “σιωπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σιωπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σιωπή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σιωπή (siōpḗ).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

σιωπή • (siopí) f (plural σιωπές)

1. silence, quiet

Declension

declension of σιωπή

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	σιωπή •	σιωπές •
genitive	σιωπής •	σιωπών •
accusative	σιωπή •	σιωπές •
vocative	σιωπή •	σιωπές •