κατασῐωπ-άω,
keep silence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.38, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” 1413b7, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Ap.” 2.33, etc.; εἰδότες κ, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ath.” 14.2; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__2 with accusative of things, keep silent, pass over, [[ τὸ γεγονός 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 32.10 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 condemn by silence, [[ πόλιν Dio Chrysostomus Sophista [{1-2nd c.AD}] 32.98 ] Refs 1st c.AD+].
__II causal, make silent, silence, [[ τὴν γυναῖκα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 17, “Anach.” 19, “Dom.” 16:] Refs 6th c.BC+] —middle, cause silence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 2.4.20; κατασιωπήσασθαι διὰ τοῦ σαλπιγκτοῦ τὸν θόρυβον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].