σιώπησις

εως, ἡ
A. taciturnity, Sch. Ptol. Tetr. 160 (pl.): metaph., veil, covering, LXX Ca. 4.1,3, 6.6(7); cf. σιωπηλός 11.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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