allex
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
allex: = alec, q. v.
allex: ĭcis, m., acc. to Isid. Gloss.,
I the great toe; hence, in derision, of a little man: tune hic amator audes esse, allex viri? thou thumb of a man, thumbling? Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) allēx, ēcis, v. allec.
(2) allex¹⁶ (hall-), ĭcis, m., gros orteil : Gloss. || [fig.] hallex viri Pl. Pœn. 1310, rebut d’homme, méchant poucet.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) allex1, s. allec.
(2) allex2 (hallex), icis, m. = pellex in pede, die große Fußzehe, s. Gloss. V, 591, 10. – dah. scherzh., hallex viri, Däumling, Fingerling, Plaut. Poen. 1310.
