σῖγα,
adverb, (σιγή) silently, used in Trag. (and late Epic dialect, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.267), σῖγ᾽ ἔχοντες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 258; σῖγ᾽ ἔχουσα πρόσμενε [prev. author] “El.” 1236; ἀλλὰ σ. πρόσμενε [prev. work] 1399 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκουε σ. [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 815 ] Refs]; κάθησο σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also as an exclamation, σῖγα hush! be still! [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1344 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὐ σ.; [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 250 ] Refs]; οὐ σῖγ᾽ ἀνέξε; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 75 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the public crier proclaiming silence said σ. πᾶς (i.e. ἔστω), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 238, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 532; σ. κηρῦξαι στρατῷ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1224. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 under one's breath, in a whisper, quietly, secretly [[compare (σιγή 11), τὰ δὲ σ. τις βαΰζει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 449; σῖγ᾽ ἐπέρχεται φάτις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 700; σ. σήμαινε [prev. author] “Ph.” 22; σ. μὲν ἡρώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 702 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶς αἱ πατρῷαί σ᾽ ἄλοκες φέρειν.. σῖγ᾽ ἐδυνάθησα; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1212. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]