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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

Greek Monolingual

η (Α ὀδοντογλυφίς)
επίμηκες λεπτό και αιχμηρό στέλεχος, συν. ξύλινο, για τον καθαρισμό τών δοντιών από τα υπολείμματα τών τροφών
νεοελλ.
μτφ. (για πρόσ.) πολύ λεπτός σαν ξυλαράκι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀδούς, ὀδόντος + γλυφίς, -ίδος (πρβλ. ωτο-γλυφίς)].