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 resembles σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”), but probably not related; Proto-Germanic *swībaną (“to suspend, stop, finish”) is also likely not related.^[1]

Pronunciation

(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

silence
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

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σιωπάω (> DER σιωπή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1338

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σιωπή (siōpḗ).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -i

Noun

σιωπή • (siopí) f (plural σιωπές)

silence, quiet

Declension

Declension of σιωπή

	singular	plural
nominative	σιωπή •	σιωπές •
genitive	σιωπής •	σιωπών •
accusative	σιωπή •	σιωπές •
vocative	σιωπή •	σιωπές •

σιωπή

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

References

Further reading

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