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πυκιμηδής

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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: pykimēdḗs Transliteration B: pykimēdēs Transliteration C: pykimidis Beta Code: pukimhdh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (πύκα, μῆδος)

   A of close or cautious mind, shrewd, Od. 1.438: also written parox. πυκιμήδης, h.Cer.153, Q.S.7.189.

German (Pape)

[Seite 815] ές, oder -μήδης betont, bedachtsames Sinnes; Od. 1, 438; H. h. Cer. 153; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 671.

English (Autenrieth)

ές (μῆδος): deep-counselled, Od. 1.438†.

Greek Monolingual

-ές, και πυκιμήδης, -ίμηδες, Α
συνετός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πυκι- (βλ. λ. πυκνός) + -μηδής (< μήδεα < μήδομαι «σκέφτομαι»), πρβλ. θρασυ-μηδής].