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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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English (LSJ)

ές, (ὤψ)

   A sharp-sighted, ὀφθαλμοὶ -έστατοι Arist.HA492a9 ; ὁ ἁλιάετος -έστατος ib.620a2, cf. Luc.Icar.14 : Comp. -έστερος Ph.1.531, 2.546. Adv., -έστερον βλέπεις Suid. s.v. Λυγκέως; -έστατα ὁρᾶν Ph.1.338 ; βλέπειν Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.45.    2 metaph., θίξις -εστέρα Marcellin.Puls.19.    II Act., sharpening the sight, Dsc.3.45.