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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
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[[something small]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὀλίγον]] τι. | [[something small]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὀλίγον]] τι. | ||
[[something of no value]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καπνός]], ὁ (lit., [[smoke]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λῆρος]], ὁ ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 36; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]], ''[[Lysistrata]]'' 860), [[φλυαρία]], ἡ ([[Plato]], '' | [[something of no value]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καπνός]], ὁ (lit., [[smoke]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λῆρος]], ὁ ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 36; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]], ''[[Lysistrata]]'' 860), [[φλυαρία]], ἡ ([[Plato]], ''[[Hippias Major]]'' 304B). | ||
[[split hairs over trifles]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν]] (''[[Nubes]]'' 320). | [[split hairs over trifles]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν]] (''[[Nubes]]'' 320). | ||
Latest revision as of 17:21, 7 November 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
something: P. and V. τι (enclitic).
something small: P. ὀλίγον τι.
something of no value: P. and V. καπνός, ὁ (lit., smoke), Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar., Lysistrata 860), φλυαρία, ἡ (Plato, Hippias Major 304B).
split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nubes 320).
verb intransitive
talk nonsense: P. and V. οὐδὲν λέγειν, ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.
split hairs: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
trifle with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see mock.
