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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.

Greek Monolingual

(AM ἀσβολῶ, -όω) άσβολος
μαυρίζω, σκεπάζω με καπνιά
νεοελλ.
1. τυφλώνω
2. κάνω κάποιον να χάσει τη διαύγεια του πνεύματος (πρβλ. αποσβολώνω)
3. (μτχ.) ασβολωμένος
α) άτυχος, δυστυχισμένος («επέρνα μέρες σκοτεινές, νύκτες ασβολωμένες»)
β) καταραμένοςμοίρα ασβολωμένη»)
γ) πελιδνός, μαυροκίτρινος («στην όψη ασβολωμένος»).