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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.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pălaestīnă: (Pălest-), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη,
I the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.—Hence,
   A Pă-laestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine: aqua, the Euphrates, Ov. F. 2, 464: Syrus, Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18): Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213. —In plur.: Pălaestīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine, Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.—
   B Pălaestīnensis, e, adj., Palestinian, Spart. Sev. 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Pălæstīna, æ, et Pălæstīnē, ēs, f., la Palestine [contrée de la Syrie : Plin. 5, 66 ; Mela 1, 63.