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σῐωπ-ηλός

siopelos

silent, taciturnity, calm

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

σῐωπ-ηλός · siōp-ēlos — LSJ

silent, taciturnity, calm

silent, E. Med. 320, Arist. Pr. 953b1, Plu. Aud. 2.47d; σιωπηλότερος τῶν Πυθαγόρᾳ τελεσθέντων Prov. ap. Suid. s.v. σιωπή; τὸ σ. taciturnity, Plu. Fab. 1: of things, σ. κίθαρις Call. Ap. 12; θάλασσα calm, Gal. 6.709. Adv. -λῶς Poll. 5.147.

σιωπηλόν, τό, = κατακάλυμμα, Sm. Is. 47.2; cf. σιώπησις.

In the wild

σιωπηλοὺς · siōpēlous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4915)
σιωπηρότεροι · siōpēroteroi Xenophon, Symposium 1.9 (DIORISIS sentence 20)

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