σιγή
Alt. σι_γη, doricσιγά, ἡ,
I. "silence", σιγὴν ἔχειν to keep "silence", Hdt.; σιγὴν ποιεῖσθαι to make "silence", id=Hdt.; σιγὴν φυλάσσειν Eur.:—in pl., σιγαὶ ἀνέμων id=Eur.
II. σιγῇ, as adv. "in silence", Hom.; also like σῖγα, as an exclam., σιγῇ νυν (sc. ἔστε) "be silent now!" Od.;also, "in an under tone, in a whisper", Hdt.; σιγῇ βουλεύεσθαι Xen.
2. "secretly", σιγῇ ἔχειν τι to keep it "secret", like σιωπᾶν, Hdt.; σιγᾷ καλύψαι, στέγειν, κεύθειν Pind., Soph.
3. c. gen., σιγῇ τινος "unknown to" him, Hdt., Eur.