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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

Plato, Apology 21d

Greek Monolingual

-ές (Α ἀκανθοστεφής)
στεφανωμένος με αγκάθια, αυτός που φοράει ακάνθινο στέφανο
αρχ.
(ψάρι) με αγκάθια στη ράχη του.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἄκανθα + -στεφὴς < στέφος «στεφάνι, στέμμα»].