Σιγῶ

I am silent, I keep silence

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Sep 2012Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

The [verb that means] I stop, and I become quiet.¹ "[He] keeps silence, but hates, and wants to have."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σιγῶ· τὸ καταπαύω, καὶ σιωπῶ. σιγᾷ μέν, ἐχθαίρει δέ, βούλεται δ' ἔχειν.

Betacode

*sigw=: to\ katapau/w, kai\ siwpw=. siga=| me/n, e)xqai/rei de/, bou/letai d' e)/xein.

Notes (2)

1Adler reports the same entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ↩
2Ion [iota 487] fr. 44, Helen speaking. From a scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 1425; cf. under sigma 511. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 25 May 2016

25 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
24 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Sep 2012expanded n.2; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
22 Sep 2012Translated — Catharine Roth