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ἐγκολπίζομαι

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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)

ἐγκολπίζομαι: обвивать, охватывать (ὥσπερ ἑρπετὰ ἐγκολπίσασθαί τι Plut.): ἐ. τινα Plut. втираться в доверие к кому-л.