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συμφυσάω

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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.
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Transliteration A: symphysáō Transliteration B: symphysaō Transliteration C: symfysao Beta Code: sumfusa/w

English (LSJ)

   A blow together, metaph., εἰς ταὐτὸν (τὸ λεγόμενον) συμφυσῆσαι blow (as the saying is) together, i.e. work together, Pl.Lg. 708d:—Pass., of the wind, blow at the same time, Plu.Sert. 17.    II weld together, συντῆξαι καὶ συμφυσῆσαι εἰς τὸ αὐτό Pl. Smp.192d:—Pass., Arist.Cael.304a21: metaph., contrive, ταῦτ' ἐφ' οἷσίν ἐστι συμφυσώμενα Ar.Eq.468 (cf. Sch.).