σιώπησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῐωπᾰ́ω (siōpáō, “to be silent”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

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 • (siṓpēsis) 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 siṓpēsis	τὼ σῐωπήσει tṑ siōpḗsei	αἱ σῐωπήσεις hai siōpḗseis
Genitive	τῆς σῐωπήσεως tês siōpḗseōs	τοῖν σῐωπησέοιν toîn siōpēséoin	τῶν σῐωπήσεων tôn siōpḗseōn
Dative	τῇ σῐωπήσει têi siōpḗsei	τοῖν σῐωπησέοιν toîn siōpēséoin	ταῖς σῐωπήσεσῐ / σῐωπήσεσῐν taîs siōpḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σῐώπησῐν tḕn siṓpēsin	τὼ σῐωπήσει tṑ siōpḗsei	τᾱ̀ς σῐωπήσεις tā̀s siōpḗseis
Vocative	σῐώπησῐ siṓpēsi	σῐωπήσει siōpḗsei	σῐωπήσεις siōpḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ποσῐώπησῐς (aposiṓpēsis)

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