σιγήσομαι

σῑγήσομαι, σιγάω

keep silence: aor subj mid 1st sg (attic epic ionic)

σῑγήσομαι, σιγάω

keep silence: fut ind mid 1st sg (attic ionic)

γάρ ([etym.] γε, ἄρα), causal Conj., used alone or with other Particles.

I introducing the reason or cause of what precedes, for,

τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη· κήδετο γ. Δαναῶν Il.1.56

, etc.; but freq. in expl. of that wh. is implied in the preceding clause,

πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα.. τοῦ γὰρ κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον 2.118

, etc.: hence,

b in simple explanations, esp. after a Pronoun or demonstr. Adj.,

ἀλλὰ τόδ' αἰνὸν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἱκάνει· Ἕκτωρ γ. ποτε φήσει 8.148

, cf. Od.2.163; ὃ δὲ δεινότατον.. ὁ Ζεὺς γ. .. Ar.Av. 514;

ὃ δὲ πάντων ἀδικώτατον ἔδοξε· τῶν γὰρ προγε γραμμένων ἠτίμωσε καὶ υἱούς Plu.Sull.31

; freq. in introducing proofs or examples, μαρτύριον δέ· Δήλου γ. καθαιρομένης .. Th.1.8; τεκμήριον δέ· οὔτε γ. Λακεδαιμόνιοι .. Id.2.39, cf. D.20.10, etc.; in full, τεκμήριον δὲ τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γ. .. Hdt.2.58; παράδειγμα τόδε τοῦ λόγου· ἐκ γ. .. Th.1.2; δηλοῖ δέ μοι τόδε· πρὸ γ. .. ib.3.

c to introduce a detailed description or narration already alluded to, ὅμως δὲ λεκτέα ἃ γιγνώσκω· ἔχει γ. [ἡ χώρα] πεδία κάλλιστα .. X.An.5.6.6, etc.

d in answers to questions or statements challenging assent or denial, yes,.., no,.., οὔκουν.. ἀνάγκη ἐστί;—ἀνάγκη γ. οὖν, ἔφη, ay doubtless it is necessary, X.Cyr.2.1.7, cf. § 4 and 13; indicating assent,

ἔχει γ. Pl.Phdr. 268a

; ἱκανὸς γ., ἔφη, συμβαίνει γ., ἔφη, Id.R. 502b, 502c,cf. Ap. 41a, etc.; οὔκουν δὴ τό γ' εἰκός.—οὐ γ.: Id.Phdr. 276c.

2 by inversion, preceding the fact explained, since, as,

Ἀτρεΐδη, πολλοὶ γ. τεθνᾶσιν Ἀχαιοί.. τῷ σε χρὴ πόλεμον παῦσαι Il.7.328

; χρόνου δὲ οὐ πολλοῦ διελθόντος ([etym.] χρῆν γ. Κανδαύλῃ γενέσθαι κακῶς) ἔλεγε πρὸς τὸν Γύγην τοιάδε, Γύγη, οὐ γ. σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι.. ([etym.] ὦτα γ. τυγχάνει κτλ.) , ποίει ὅκως .. Hdt.1.8. cf. 6.102, al.; εἶεν, σὺ γ. τούτων ἐπιστήμων, τί χρὴ ποιεῖν; Pl.Phd. 117a; the principal proposition is sts.

b blended with the causal one, τῇ δὲ κακῶς γ. ἔδεε γενέσθαι εἶπε, i.e. ἡ δέ ([etym.] κακῶς γ. οἱ ἔδεε γενέσθαι)

εἶπε Hdt. 9.109

, cf. 1.24, 4.149, 200, Th.1.72, 8.30.

c attached to the hypothet. Particle instead of being joined to the apodosis, οὐδ' εἰ γ. ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμα μὴ θεήλατον, ἀκάθαρτον ὑμᾶς εἰκὸς ἦν οὕτως ἐᾶν, i.e. οὐδὲ γ. εἰ ἦν .., S.OT 255.

d repeated, οὐ γ. οὖν σιγήσομαι· ἔτικτε γ. .. Id.OC 980, cf. Ant. 659 sq., 1255.

3 in elliptical phrases, where that of which γάρ gives the reason is omitted, and must be supplied,

a freq. in Trag. dialogue and Pl., when yes or no may be supplied from the context, καὶ δῆτ' ἐτόλμας τούσδ' ὑπερβαίνειν νόμους;—οὐ γ. τί μοι Ζεὺς ἦν ὁ κηρύξας τάδε [yes], for it was not Zeus, etc., S.Ant. 450, cf. OT 102, etc.;

καλῶς γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠγάνισαι Pl. Smp. 194a

; freq. in phrase ἔστι γ. οὕτω [yes], for so it is, i. e. yes certainly: λέγεταί τι καινόν; γένοιτο γ. ἄν τι καινότερον ἢ .. ; [why,] could there be.. ? D.4.10; with negs., Ar.Ra. 262 τούτῳ γ. οὐ νικήσετε [do so], yet shall ye never prevail by this means: for ἀλλὰ γ., v. infr.11.1.

b to confirm or strengthen something said, οἵδ' οὐκέτ' εἰσί· τοῦτο γάρ σε δήξεται [I say this], for it will sting thee, E. Med. 1370: after an Exclamation,

ὦ πόποι· ἀνάριθμα γ. φέρω πήματα S.OT 168

(lyr.), cf. E.Hel. 857.

c in conditional propositions, where the condition is omitted, else, οὐ γ. ἄν με ἔπεμπον πάλιν (sc. εἰ μὴ ἐπίστευον) X.An.7.6.33; γίνεται γ. ἡ κοινωνία συμμαχία for in that case, Arist.Pol. 1280b8.

4 in abrupt questions, why, what, τίς γ. σε θεῶν ἐμοὶ ἄγγελον ἧκεν; why who hath sent thee? Il.18.182; πῶς γ. νῦν.. εὕδουσι; 10.424; πατροκτονοῦσα γ. ξυνοικήσεις ἐμοί; what, wilt thou.. ? A.Ch. 909: generally, after interrog. Particles, ἦ γ. .. ; what, was it.. ? S.OT 1000, 1039, etc.; τί γ.; quid enim? i. e. it must be so, Id.OC 539, 542, 547, etc.; τί γ. δή ποτε; D.21.44; also πῶς γ.; πῶς γ. οὔ;, v. πῶς.

5 to strengthen a wish, c. opt., κακῶς γ. ἐξόλοιο O that you might perish ! E.Cyc. 261; cf. αἴ, εἰ, εἴθε, πῶς.

II joined with other Particles:

1 ἀλλὰ γ. where γάρ gives the reason of a clause to be supplied between ἀλλά and itself, as ἀλλ' ἐν γὰρ Τρώων πεδίῳ .. but [far otherwise], for.., Il.15.739; ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἥκουσ' αἵδ' ἐπὶ πρᾶγος πικρόν but [hush], for.., A.Th. 861; ἀλλ' οὐ γ. σ' ἐθέλω .. but [look out] for.., Il.7.242; in full,

ἀλλ' οὐ γάρ σφιν ἐφαίνετο κέρδιον εἶναι μαίεσθαι προτ έρω, τοὶ μὲν πάλιν αὖτις ἔβαινον Od.14.355

;

ἀλλ', οὐ γ. ἔπειθε, διδοῖ τὸ φᾶρος Hdt.9.109

.

2 γ. ἄρα for indeed, Pl.Prt. 315d, Smp. 205b.

3 γ. δή for of course, for you know, Il.2.301,23.607, Hdt.1.34, 114, etc.; φάμεν γ. δή yes certainly we say so, Pl.Tht. 187e, cf. 164d;

οὐ γ. δή S.Ant.46

, etc.

4

γ. νυ Od.14.359

.

5 γ. οὖν for indeed, to confirm or explain, Il.15.232, Hdt.5.34, S.Ant. 489, 771, etc.; φησὶ γ. οὖν yes of course he says so, Pl.Tht. 170a;

γ. οὖν δή Id.Prm. 148c

, etc.; οὐ γ. οὖν ib. 134b; cf. τοιγαροῦν.

6 γ. που for I suppose, esp. with negs., Id.R. 381c, Phd. 62d, etc.;

οὐ γ. δήπου Id.Prt. 309c

.

7 γ. ῥα, = γὰρ ἄρα, Il.1.113, al.

8 γ. τε, 23.156; also

τε γ. D.19.159

, Arist.Pol. 1333a2, al.

9 γ. τοι for surely.., E.Hel.93, Supp. 564, etc.;

οὐ γ. τοι Od.21.172

, etc.; cf. τοιγάρτοι.

B POSITION: γάρ prop. stands after the first word in a clause, but in Pocts it freq. stands third or fourth, when the preceding words are closely connected, as ὁ μὲν γὰρ .. S.Aj. 764; χἠ ναῦς γὰρ .. Id.Ph. 527; τό τ' εἰκαθεῖν γὰρ .. Id.Ant. 1096; τὸ μὴ θέμις γὰρ .. A.Ch. 641, cf. 753: also in Prose, τὸ κατ' ἀξίαν γὰρ .. Arist. EN 1163b11: sts. for metrical reasons, where there is no such connexion, as third (A.Ag.222.729, S.Ph. 219 (all lyr.)), fourth (Ar.Av. 1545); in later Com. fifth (Men.462.2); sixth (Antiph.26.22); seventh (Men.Epit. 531, Pk. 170, Athenio 1.5); once sixth in S.,

καιρὸς καὶ πλοῦς ὅδ' ἐπείγει γὰρ κατὰ πρύμναν Ph. 1451

.

2 inserted before the demonstr. -ί, as νυνγαρί for νυνὶ γάρ; cf. νυνί.

C QUANTITY: γάρ is sts. long in Hom. metri gr.,

θήσειν γὰρ ἔτ' ἔμελλεν Il.2.39

;

φωνῆς γὰρ ἤκουσα h.Cer.57

.—In [dialect] Att. always short: Ar.Eq. 366, V. 217, Lys.20 are corrupt.

Grammatical information: Adv.

Meaning: `silently, in silence', also interj. `be quiet!, hush!' (trag.).

Derivatives: Besides σιγάω (Hom. only ipv. σίγα; ind. since h. Merc.), fut. σιγήσομαι (S., E., Ar. a. o.), - ήσω (AP, D. Chr. a. o.), perf. σεσίγηκα (Aeschin.), pass. σιγ-άομαι (S.), aor. - θῆναι (Hdt., E.), -ᾱθῆναι (Theoc.), fut. - ηθήσομαι (E.), perf. σεσίγ-ημαι, Dor. -ᾱμαι (Pi., E.), sometimes with κατα- a. o., 'to be quiet, to keep secret', pass. `to be kept secret'. Subst. σιγή, Dor. -ά (Pi.) f. `silence, secrecy' (Il.; Hom. only σιγῃ̃; cf. below); late innovation σῖγος n. `id.' (An. Ox.; cf. Schwyzer 512). -- Derivations. 1. From σιγή: σιγ-αλέος `silent' (AP, Orph.), - άζω (Pi., X., D.C. a.o.; κατα- σῖγα Arist. a.o.) `to make silent'; κατασιγαίνει H to πραΰνει. 2. From σιγάω: σιγ-ηλός, Dor. (Pi.) -ᾱλός `silent' (Hp., S., Arist. etc.; may also come from σιγή, Thieme Studien 50 A. 3), - ηρός `id.' (Men., LXX a. o.), - ητής m. `silent person' (Latium II^p), - ητικός `silent' (Hp.), -ημονᾳ̃ς σιγᾳ̃ς H. -- On the unclear σιγ-άρνης m. (Call. Epigr. 45, 6) s. Schwyzer RhM 75, 447 a. 77, 105.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: As basis of this wordgroup is prob. to be considered the first interjectival adv. σῖγα; from there the ipv. σίγα and the instrumental dat. σιγῃ̃ (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 74) of a gradually built verbal and nominal inflection (Schwyzer 722 n. 3 a. 726, Schw.-Debr. 257 n. 1, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 357; diff. Georgacas Glotta 36, 181 f.). -- For σῖγα onomatop. origin is prob., s. Schwyzer 307 w. lit. On the other hand ῥίγα (i.e. Ϝίγα) σιώπα H. points to orig. *σϜιγ-, which fits best to the WestGerm. verb for `schweigen (be silent)' in OHG swīgēn (only the velar is genetically deviant); on the anlaut cf. the doublet ὗς: σῦς. Further forms w. lit. and hypothetic connections in Bq, WP. 2, 534, Pok. 1052. -- Cf. σιωπάω, -ή. On the IE expressions for `be silent' Porzig Gliederung 107.

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σιγάω (s. next entry) fut. σιγήσω LXX; 1 aor. ἐσίγησα; fut. mid. σιγήσομαι Lam 3:49; pf. pass. ptc. σεσιγημένος

① to be silent, intr. (Hom. et al.; Sb 7183, 5; LXX; ApcMos 12; Jos., Vi. 175, Ant. 19, 44; Just., Mel.)

ⓐ say nothing, keep still, keep silent (Pind., N. 5, 18 τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι; Just., D. 137, 3; Mel., P. 94, 723) Mk 14:61 D; Lk 19:40 D; 20:26; Ac 12:17; 15:12; 1 Cor 14:28 (ESchüsler-Fiorenza, In Memory of Her ’83, 230–33; PTomson, Paul and the Jewish Law ’90, 137). Response to accusation Ἰωσὴφ ἐσίγησεν GJs 15:4 (cp. Just., D. 102, 5 [on Mt 26:63]). αἱ γυναῖκες ἐν τ. ἐκκλησίαις σιγάτωσαν 1 Cor 14:34 (cp. the Hellenic attitude Od. 18, 184, also 17, 57; 21, 386; 22, 398; Eur., Heracl. 476f γυναικὶ γὰρ σιγή … κάλλιστον, εἴσω θʼ ἥσυχον μένειν δόμων=for a woman silence is best and to remain tranquil in the house; for Hellenic cultural perspective on female aggressiveness s. VLeinieks, the City of Dionysos ’96, 277–302; s. the lit. s.v. γυνή 1. Also RSeeberg, Aus Rel. u. Gesch., Ges. Aufs. I 1906, 128–44; HHöpfl, Bened. Monatsschr. 14, ’32, 63–77; GDautzenberg, Urchristl. Prophetie, ’75, 253–90; GFetzer, Das Weib schweige in der Gemeinde ’63.—PSchmiedel, JWeiss, WBousset ad loc., HWindisch [s. γυνή 1], RBultmann [ThBl 12, ’33, 362] consider vs. 34f a secondary gloss; on the textual-critical history s. CNiccum, NTS 43, ’97, 242–55; cp. PPayne, NTS 44, ’98, 152–58; also note gender differentiation in sacred laws SEG XLIII nos. 1293 and 1310); 1 Cl 35:9 (Ps 49:21); IEph 6:1; 15:1f (opp. λαλεῖν, as Alex. Aphr., Fat. 9 p. 175, 23 Br.); IPhld 1:1 (opp. λαλεῖν).—hold one’s tongue (cp. sense b) Lk 9:36.

ⓑ stop speaking, become silent (ApcMos 12; Just., D. 57, 1 al.; Mel., P. 26, 184; Chariton 5, 7, 8; Synes., Kingship 29 p. 32a; SibOr 3, 473) Lk 18:39; Ac 13:41 D; 15:13; 1 Cor 14:30; MPol 7:2 v.l.—In the sense of ‘lose one’s power of speech’ τῷ … καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ Ζαχαρίας ἐσίγησεν GJs 10:2.

② to keep someth. from becoming known, keep secret, conceal, trans. τὶ someth. (Pind. et al.; Chariton 3, 10, 1; POxy 471, 41 [II A.D.]; Jos., Ant. 17, 309) Παῦλος ἦν μὴ σιγῶν (v.l. σιωπῶν) τὸν λόγον Paul was not reticent about (God’s) message AcPl Ha 9, 17. Pass. μυστήριον χρόνοις αἰωνίοις σεσιγημένον a secret that was concealed for long ages Ro 16:25. Cp. Lk 9:36 in 1a.—B. 1259. Schmidt, Syn. I 215–24, s. σιωπάω. DELG s.v. σιγή. M-M.