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σιωπάω

siopao

to be silent, keep secret

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 83 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. σιωπάω · siōpaō — Beekes

to be silent, keep secret

2. σιωπάω · siōpaō — Chantraine

Hom

3. σιωπάω · siōpaō — Frisk

schweigen, verschweigen

4. σῐωπ-άω · siōp-aō — LSJ

keep silence

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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.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 1389; entry #5544 Review: Under source audit

    OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 1028; entry #7277 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1685-1686; entry #5160 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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