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στρεβλότης

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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
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Transliteration A: streblótēs Transliteration B: streblotēs Transliteration C: strevlotis Beta Code: streblo/ths

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A being twisted, crookedness, τῆς αἰχμῆς Plu.Mar.25; καμπαῖς καὶ στρεβλότησι, of roads in an ant-heap, Id.2.968b.    II frowardness, perversity, Aq., Thd.Pr.4.24, Aq., Al.ib.6.14.

German (Pape)

[Seite 953] ητος, ἡ, das Gedrehtsein, die Krümmung; αἰχμῆς, Plut. Mar. 15; Ggstz von εὐθύτης, S. Emp. adv. phys. 2, 272.