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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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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. intrans.

gain the victory: P. and V. νικᾶν, κρατεῖν, Ar. and P. ἐπικρατεῖν.

get one's way: P. and V. κρατεῖν, νικᾶν.

be frequent: P. κατέχειν (Thuc. 3, 89), ἐπέχειν.

be current: P. and V. κρατεῖν, ἰσχύειν, V. πληθύειν, P. ἐπικρατεῖν, περιτρέχειν, διαφέρειν (Thuc. 3, 83).

be strong: P. and V. κρατεῖν, ἰσχύειν.

be superior: P. and V. κρατεῖν, ὑπερβάλλειν, ὑπερφέρειν, προὔχειν, ὑπερέχειν, V. ὑπερτρέχειν.

prevail over: P. and V. νικᾶν (acc.), κρατεῖν (acc. or gen.), Ar. and V. ἐπικρατεῖν (gen.), V. ὑπερβάλλεσθαι, P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.).

prevail upon: P. and V. πείθειν (acc.), ἀναπείθειν (acc.), V. ἐκπείθειν (acc.); see persuade.