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ἐνδεές

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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

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐνδεές: τό
1) недостаток, лишение Thuc., Arst.: τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν Soph. говорить о лучшем, а не о дурном; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι Thuc. сделать меньше, чем было можно;
2) ограниченность, неумелость Thuc.