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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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

P. ἀπονεναρκωμένος. Dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύς; see also torpid. Be numb, v.:P. ναρκᾶν (Plat.). Ah, me! I swoon and my limbs grow numb: V. οἲ ʼγὼ προλείπω, λύεται δέ μοι μέλη (Eur., Hec. 438). So that my hand grow numb upon thy robes: V. ὥστʼ ἐνθανεῖν γε σοῖς πέπλοισι χεῖρʼ ἐμήν (Eur., Hec. 246). v. trans. Dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.