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μαπέειν

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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 (Liddell-Scott)

μαπέειν: Ἐπικ. ἀπαρ. ἀόρ. β΄ τοῦ μάρπτω, ἱέμεναι μαπέειν Ἡσ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρ. 231.

French (Bailly abrégé)

inf. ao.2 épq. de μάρπτω.
Étymologie: DELG croisement avec μάψ.