σιγῇ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /siː.ɡɛ̂ːi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siˈɡe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈʝi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈʝi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈʝi/
Noun[edit]
σῑγῇ • (sīgêi)
Adverb[edit]
σῑγῇ • (sīgêi)
- silently
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Cr. 43b:
- Σωκράτης: ἄρτι δὲ ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι;
Κρίτων: ἐπιεικῶς πάλαι.
Σωκράτης: εἶτα πῶς οὐκ εὐθὺς ἐπήγειράς με, ἀλλὰ σιγῇ παρακάθησαι;- Sōkrátēs: árti dè hḗkeis ḕ pálai?
Krítōn: epieikôs pálai.
Sōkrátēs: eîta pôs ouk euthùs epḗgeirás me, allà sigêi parakáthēsai? - Socrates: Did you arrive just now or a while ago?
Crito: Quite a while ago.
Socrates: Then why didn't you wake me immediately, instead of sitting by me silently?
- Sōkrátēs: árti dè hḗkeis ḕ pálai?
- Σωκράτης: ἄρτι δὲ ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι;