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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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|btext=ῆς (ἡ) :<br />resserrement, diminution.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ὑποστέλλω]].
|btext=ῆς (ἡ) :<br />resserrement, diminution.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ὑποστέλλω]].
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|strgr=from [[ὑποστέλλω]]; [[shrinkage]] ([[timidity]]), i.e. (by [[implication]]) [[apostasy]]: [[draw]] [[back]].
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Transliteration A: hypostolḗ Transliteration B: hypostolē Transliteration C: ypostoli Beta Code: u(postolh/

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A fasting, Plu.2.129c, Heliod. ap. Orib.46.20.6.    2 omission of a letter, τοῦ ῑ A.D.Adv.187.22: generally, removal, Id.Pron.91.26, al.    II shrinking, timidity, evasion, Ep.Hebr.10.39, Hsch.; δι' ὑποστολῆς holding back, Ascl.Tact.10.21; μετά τινος ὑ. with a certain reserve, Phld.Rh.1.108 S.    III concealment, dissimulation, J.BJ2.14.2.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑποστολή: ἡ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐλάττωσις τῆς τροφῆς, περιορισμὸς τῆς διαίτης, Πλούτ. 2. 129C, 475F, Ὀρειβάσ. 105 Cocch. 2) ἡ ἀποβολὴ γράμματος, Α. Β. 600, 30. ΙΙ. «δειλία, φυγὴ» Ἡσύχ., προβλ. Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ἐβρ. ι΄, 39.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆς (ἡ) :
resserrement, diminution.
Étymologie: ὑποστέλλω.

English (Strong)

from ὑποστέλλω; shrinkage (timidity), i.e. (by implication) apostasy: draw back.