A.“σιωπᾶν” Il.2.280: fut. -ήσομαι in early writers, S.OT233, Ar.Pax309, Av.225, Lys.364, Pl.Phdr.234a, etc.; later “-ήσω” Aeschin.Ep.10.1, D.H.11.6, Plu.2.240e, etc. (cf. σιγάω): aor. (ἐ）“σιώπησα” Il.23.568, etc.: pf. “σεσιώπηκα” Ar.V.944, D.6.34:—Med. and Pass., v. infr.: Dor. σωπάω (q.v.):—keep silence, “σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει” Il.2.280, cf. 23.568, Od.17.513, Hdt.7.10, etc.; “Σιμωνίδης τὴν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει” Plu.2.346f; φησὶν σιωπῶν his silence is an admission, E.Or.1592, cf. IA1245; “πονηρῶν ἔργων δόξει κοινωνεῖν τῷ σιωπῆσαι” D.19.33; ς. τινί keep silence for or at the behest of . . , Ar.Ra.1134, Lys.530; “ς. πρός τινα” Pl.Phdr. 234a; “πρὸς τοῦτο” X.Cyr.5.5.20; “ὑπέρ τινος” E.Fr.796; imper. “σιώπα” hush! be still! S.Fr.81, Ar.Lys.529, etc.
2. of bees, to be still, opp. βομβέω, Arist.HA627a24.
II. trans., keep secret, speak not of, “τὰ δίκαια” E.Fr.1037, cf. Ar.Th.27, X.Smp.6.10, etc.; “ς. ὅτι . . ” PMasp.295.21 (v A.D.):—Pass., “ἂν σιωπηθῇ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων” D.Prooem.21, cf. Isoc.1.22, etc.; τί σιγῶσ᾽ ὧν σιωπᾶσθαι χρεών; E. Ion432; “σιωπώμενον καὶ ἀβασάνιστον ἐᾶσαι” Antipho 1.13; “οὐ τὸ αἰσχρὸν σιωπηθήσεται” Aeschin.3.155; “ταῦτα σιωπᾶσθαι συνέφερεν” D. 19.42; “ἡ σιωπωμένη ἀλήθεια” D.H.1.76.
III. Med., silence, “σιωπησάμενος τὰ πλήθη” Plb.18.46.4.
