to hold oneʼs peace, things unspoken
to hold oneʼs peace, Ph. 1.309, al., J. BJ 1.24.1, Luc. DDeor. 1[21].2; τὰ ἀπόρρητα καὶ ἐχεμυθούμενα things unspoken, Iambl. Protr. 21; a Pythagorean word, εἰ δύνανται ἐ. Id. VP 20.94.
The corpus record
ἐχε-μῡθέω
echemutheo
to hold oneʼs peace
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.