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ἐποκλάζω

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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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Full diacritics: ἐποκλάζω Medium diacritics: ἐποκλάζω Low diacritics: εποκλάζω Capitals: ΕΠΟΚΛΑΖΩ
Transliteration A: epoklázō Transliteration B: epoklazō Transliteration C: epoklazo Beta Code: e)pokla/zw

English (LSJ)

   A cower with bent knees upon, τῇ γῇ Hld.4.17.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1007] darauf niederducken, niederkauern, γῇ Heliod. 4, 17; γαίῃ Agath. prooem. 50 (IV, 3)

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐποκλάζω: ὀκλάζω, γονατίζω ἐπί τινος, τῇ γῇ συνεχὲς ἐποκλάζοντες, ἐπὶ ὀρχουμένων, Ἡλιόδ. 4. 17.

Greek Monolingual

ἐποκλάζω (Α)
λυγίζω τα γόνατα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + οκλάζω «λυγίζω τα γόνατα»].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐποκλάζω: сидеть на корточках или на коленях (γαίῃ Anth.).