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πορφυρόνωτος

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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: porphyrónōtos Transliteration B: porphyronōtos Transliteration C: porfyronotos Beta Code: porfuro/nwtos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A purple-backed, φᾶρος Nonn.D.44.56.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πορφῠρόνωτος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων τὰ νῶτα πορφυρᾷ, χθὼν Νόνν. Δ. 44 56.

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
φρ. «φᾶρος πορφυρόνωτον» — ένδυμα με πορφυρό χρώμα στην πλάτη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πορφύρα + νῶτον (πρβλ. ποικιλό-νωτος)].