1. σῖγα · siga — Beekes
silently, in silence
The corpus record
σῖγα
siga
silently, in silence
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- 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.
Senses
2. σῖγα · siga — Chantraine
ἂν
3. σῖγα · siga — Frisk
schweigend, im Stillen
4. σῖγα · siga — Frisk
Zu σιγῇ — σιωπῇ Corlu Recherches 87
5. σῖγα · siga — LSJ
silently, hush! be still!, silence
6. σίγα · siga — LSJ
7. σῑγᾷ · sigai — LSJ
Attestations
- σῖγα · siga Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 250
- σῖγά · siga Aeschylus, Agamemnon 449–451
- σῖγα · siga Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1344
- σῖγʼ · sigʼ Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 96–99
- σῖγʼ · sigʼ Sophocles, Trachiniae 813
- σῖγʼ · sigʼ Sophocles, Antigone 700
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1378; entry #5496
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 1021; entry #7210 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1672-1673; entry #5131 Review: Under source audit
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