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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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<b class="b2">Except</b>: P. and V. [[πλήν]].
===preposition===
<b class="b2">Failing this</b>: P. and V. εἰ δὲ μή.
 
<b class="b2">Best of all, let us make terms for ever.</b> <b class="b2">Failing that</b>…: P. μάλιστα μὲν εἰς ἀΐδιον συμβῶμεν, εἰ δὲ μὴ . . . (Thuc. 4, 63).
[[except]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλήν]].
 
[[failing this]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] εἰ δὲ μή.
 
Best of all, let us make terms for ever. Failing that…: [[prose|P.]] μάλιστα μὲν εἰς ἀΐδιον συμβῶμεν, εἰ δὲ μὴ… ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 4, 63).
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except: P. and V. πλήν.

failing this: P. and V. εἰ δὲ μή.

Best of all, let us make terms for ever. Failing that…: P. μάλιστα μὲν εἰς ἀΐδιον συμβῶμεν, εἰ δὲ μὴ… (Thuc. 4, 63).