1. σῖγα · siga — Beekes
The corpus record
σῖγα
siga
silently, in silence
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Where it lives
- Heracles 5 · 6.39/10k
- Orestes 6 · 6.12/10k
- Suppliants 3 · 4.26/10k
- Philoctetes 3 · 3.41/10k
- Acharnians 2 · 2.82/10k
- Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. σῖγα · siga — Chantraine
3. σῖγα · siga — Frisk
4. σῖγα · siga — Frisk
5. σῖγα · siga — LSJ
silently, used in Trag. (and late Ep., A.R. 1.267), σῖγʼ ἔχοντες S. Ph. 258; σῖγʼ ἔχουσα πρόσμενε Id. El. 1236; ἀλλὰ σ. πρόσμενε ib. 1399; ἄκουε σ. Id. Fr. 815; κάθησο σ. Ar. Ach. 59: also as an exclam., σῖγα hush! be still! A. Ag. 1344; so οὐ σ.; Id. Th. 250; οὐ σῖγʼ ἀνέξει; S. Aj. 75; the public crier proclaiming silence said σ. πᾶς (sc. ἔστω), Ar. Ach. 238, cf. E. Hec. 532; σ. κηρῦξαι στρατῷ Id. Ph. 1224.
under oneʼs breath, in a whisper, quietly, secretly (cf. σιγή II), τὰ δὲ σ. τις βαΰζει A. Ag. 449; σῖγʼ ἐπέρχεται φάτις S. Ant. 700; σ. σήμαινε Id. Ph. 22; σ. μὲν ἡρώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο Orph. A. 702; πῶς αἱ πατρῷαί σʼ ἄλοκες φέρειν . . σῖγʼ ἐδυνάθησαν; S. OT 1212.
6. σίγα · siga — LSJ
7. σῑγᾷ · sigai — LSJ
In the wild
- σῖγα · siga Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1344
- σῖγά · siga Aeschylus, Agamemnon 449–451
- σῖγʼ · sigʼ Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 96–99
- σῖγα · siga Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 250
- σῖγα · siga Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 181)
- σῖγα · siga Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 40)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σῖγα (scan p. 1378; entry #5496). Root candidates: *ofty-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σῖγα (scan p. 1021; entry #7210).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σῖγα (scan pp. 1672-1673; entry #5131).
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