σιωπάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῐωπή (siōpḗ) + -ᾰ́ω (-áō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σῐωπᾰ́ω (siōpáō)

  1. to be silent or still
    1. (of bees) to be still
  2. (transitive) to hold silent, keep secret, to not speak of
  3. (middle) to make silent, silence

Inflection

Antonyms

  • (of bees): βομβέω (bombéō)

References


Greek

Verb

σιωπάω (siopáo) (simple past σιώπησα)

  1. Alternative form of σιωπώ (siopó)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.