The corpus record

κατασῐωπ-άω

katasiopao

keep silence

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Where it lives

Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

κατασῐωπ-άω · katasiōp-aō — LSJ

keep silence

keep silence, Isoc. 8.38, Arist. Rh. 1413b7, J. Ap. 2.33, etc.; εἰδότες κ, Arist. Ath. 14.2; πρός τι D. 41.23.

2 keep silent, pass over

c. acc. rei, keep silent, pass over, τὸ γεγονός D.S. 32.10:—Pass., Isoc. 4.27.

3 condemn by silence

condemn by silence, πόλιν D.Chr. 32.98.

II make silent, silence, cause silence

causal, make silent, silence, τὴν γυναῖκα X. HG 5.4.7, cf. Luc. Bis Acc. 17, Anach. 19, Dom. 16:—Med., cause silence, X. HG 2.4.20; κατασιωπήσασθαι διὰ τοῦ σαλπιγκτοῦ τὸν θόρυβον Plb. 18.46.9.

In the wild

κατασιωπῶσιν · katasiōpōsin Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..14 (DIORISIS sentence 177)
κατασιωπᾶν · katasiōpan Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
κατεσιώπων · katesiōpōn Septuaginta, Esdras II 18
κατασιωπήσω · katasiōpēsō Septuaginta, Job 37
κατεσιώπησεν · katesiōpēsen Septuaginta, Job 39
κατεσιώπησεν · katesiōpēsen Septuaginta, Numeri 13

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Where it came from

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