σιώπησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῐωπᾰ́ω (sĭōpắō, “to be silent”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.ɔ̌ː.pɛː.sis/ → /siˈo.pi.sis/ → /siˈo.pi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.ɔ̌ː.pɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈo.pe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈo.pi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈo.pi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈo.pi.sis/

Noun

σῐώπησῐς • (sĭṓpēsĭs) f (genitive σῐωπήσεως); third declension

1. taciturnity
   1. (figuratively) a veil, covering
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Song of Songs 4.1-3
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Song of Songs 6.6

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῐώπησῐς; τῆς σῐωπήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐώπησῐς hē sĭṓpēsĭs	τὼ σῐωπήσει tṑ sĭōpḗsei	αἱ σῐωπήσεις hai sĭōpḗseis
Genitive	τῆς σῐωπήσεως tês sĭōpḗseōs	τοῖν σῐωπησέοιν toîn sĭōpēséoin	τῶν σῐωπήσεων tôn sĭōpḗseōn
Dative	τῇ σῐωπήσει têi sĭōpḗsei	τοῖν σῐωπησέοιν toîn sĭōpēséoin	ταῖς σῐωπήσεσῐ / σῐωπήσεσῐν taîs sĭōpḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῐώπησῐν tḕn sĭṓpēsĭn	τὼ σῐωπήσει tṑ sĭōpḗsei	τᾱ̀ς σῐωπήσεις tā̀s sĭōpḗseis
Vocative	σῐώπησῐ sĭṓpēsĭ	σῐωπήσει sĭōpḗsei	σῐωπήσεις sĭōpḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ποσῐώπησῐς (ăposĭṓpēsĭs)

References

• “σιώπησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σιώπησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette