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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο
αυτός που έχει κομμένα ή μαδημένα φτερά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κουτσο- + -φτερος (< φτερό), πρβλ. γοργό-φτερος, χρυσό-φτερος].