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τάρφος

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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
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Transliteration A: tárphos Transliteration B: tarphos Transliteration C: tarfos Beta Code: ta/rfos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A thicket, βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης Il.5.555; βαθέης ἐν τ. ὕλης 15.606; μνιόεντα βυθοῖο τάρφεα A.R.4.1238. (From τρέφω thicken.)