σιώπησις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῐωπᾰ́ω (siōpáō, “to be silent”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῐώπησῐς • (siṓpēsis) f (genitive σῐωπήσεως); third declension

  1. taciturnity
    1. (figuratively) a veil, covering
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Song of Songs 4.1-3
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Song of Songs 6.6

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σῐώπησῐς; τῆς σῐωπήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῐώπησῐς
hē siṓpēsis 		τὼ σῐωπήσει
tṑ siōpḗsei 		αἱ σῐωπήσεις
hai siōpḗseis
Genitive τῆς σῐωπήσεως
tês siōpḗseōs 		τοῖν σῐωπησέοιν
toîn siōpēséoin 		τῶν σῐωπήσεων
tôn siōpḗseōn
Dative τῇ σῐωπήσει
têi siōpḗsei 		τοῖν σῐωπησέοιν
toîn siōpēséoin 		ταῖς σῐωπήσεσῐ / σῐωπήσεσῐν
taîs siōpḗsesi(n)
Accusative τὴν σῐώπησῐν
tḕn siṓpēsin 		τὼ σῐωπήσει
tṑ siōpḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς σῐωπήσεις
tā̀s siōpḗseis
Vocative σῐώπησῐ
siṓpēsi 		σῐωπήσει
siōpḗsei 		σῐωπήσεις
siōpḗseis
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Derived terms

References

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