ἀποσῐωπ-άω,
maintain silence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.215, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; cease speaking and be silent, μεταξὺ λέγων ἀ.[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 10] Refs 1st c.AD+]; as a rhetorical figure (compare {ἀποσιώπησις}), [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 44, 253. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II transitive, keep secret, ὄνομα[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 21] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; leave unsaid, [[ [prev. author] “Pisc.” 29] Refs]; leave unnoticed, [[ POxy. 237 vii 24 (2nd c.AD).] Refs 2nd c.AD+]