σιγάω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From σῑγή (sīgḗ) + -ᾰ́ω (-áō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /siː.ɡá.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siˈɡa.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈɣa.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈɣa.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈɣa.o/
Verb
[edit]σῑγᾰ́ω • (sīgáō)
- to be silent, to be still
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 93
- (transitive) to hold silent, keep secret
Inflection
[edit] Present: σῑγᾰ́ω, σῑγᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | σῑγῶ | σῑγᾷς | σῑγᾷ | σῑγᾶτον | σῑγᾶτον | σῑγῶμεν | σῑγᾶτε | σῑγῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | σῑγῶ | σῑγᾷς | σῑγᾷ | σῑγᾶτον | σῑγᾶτον | σῑγῶμεν | σῑγᾶτε | σῑγῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | σῑγῴην, σῑγῷμῐ |
σῑγῴης, σῑγῷς |
σῑγῴη, σῑγῷ |
σῑγῷτον, σῑγῴητον |
σῑγῴτην, σῑγῳήτην |
σῑγῷμεν, σῑγῴημεν |
σῑγῷτε, σῑγῴητε |
σῑγῷεν, σῑγῴησᾰν | |||||
imperative | σῑ́γᾱ | σῑγᾱ́τω | σῑγᾶτον | σῑγᾱ́των | σῑγᾶτε | σῑγώντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | σῑγῶμαι | σῑγᾷ | σῑγᾶται | σῑγᾶσθον | σῑγᾶσθον | σῑγώμεθᾰ | σῑγᾶσθε | σῑγῶνται | ||||
subjunctive | σῑγῶμαι | σῑγᾷ | σῑγᾶται | σῑγᾶσθον | σῑγᾶσθον | σῑγώμεθᾰ | σῑγᾶσθε | σῑγῶνται | |||||
optative | σῑγῴμην | σῑγῷο | σῑγῷτο | σῑγῷσθον | σῑγῴσθην | σῑγῴμεθᾰ | σῑγῷσθε | σῑγῷντο | |||||
imperative | σῑγῶ | σῑγᾱ́σθω | σῑγᾶσθον | σῑγᾱ́σθων | σῑγᾶσθε | σῑγᾱ́σθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | σῑγᾶν | σῑγᾶσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | σῑγῶν | σῑγώμενος | ||||||||||
f | σῑγῶσᾰ | σῑγωμένη | |||||||||||
n | σῑγῶν | σῑγώμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐσῑ́γᾰον | ἐσῑ́γᾰες | ἐσῑ́γᾰε(ν) | ἐσῑγᾰ́ετον | ἐσῑγᾰέτην | ἐσῑγᾰ́ομεν | ἐσῑγᾰ́ετε | ἐσῑ́γᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσῑγᾰόμην | ἐσῑγᾰ́ου | ἐσῑγᾰ́ετο | ἐσῑγᾰ́εσθον | ἐσῑγᾰέσθην | ἐσῑγᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐσῑγᾰ́εσθε | ἐσῑγᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐσῑ́γων | ἐσῑ́γᾱς | ἐσῑ́γᾱ | ἐσῑγᾶτον | ἐσῑγᾱ́την | ἐσῑγῶμεν | ἐσῑγᾶτε | ἐσῑ́γων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐσῑγώμην | ἐσῑγῶ | ἐσῑγᾶτο | ἐσῑγᾶσθον | ἐσῑγᾱ́σθην | ἐσῑγώμεθᾰ | ἐσῑγᾶσθε | ἐσῑγῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
|
Perfect: σεσῑ́γηκᾰ, σεσῑ́γημαι
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “σιγάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σιγάω 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
- σιγάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4601 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible