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ἀρχέγονος

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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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Full diacritics: ἀρχέγονος Medium diacritics: ἀρχέγονος Low diacritics: αρχέγονος Capitals: ΑΡΧΕΓΟΝΟΣ
Transliteration A: archégonos Transliteration B: archegonos Transliteration C: archegonos Beta Code: a)rxe/gonos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A original, primal, τὸ ἀ. ὑγρόν Corn.ND17, cf. Nonn. D.24.48, al.; οὐσία Gal.5.418: Comp. -ώτερος Ph.2.472: Sup., Id.1.237.    II (perh. parox. ἀρχεγόνος) first author or origin, ἡ φύσις πάσης τέχνης ἀρχέγονόν ἐστ' Damox.2.8, cf. D.S.1.88; τῶν ὅλων Procl.Inst.152; Ὠκεανὸς ἀ. πάντων Corn.ND8.

German (Pape)

[Seite 364] ὁ, der Stammvater des Geschlechts; übh. Urheber, Anfänger; auch adj., ἡ φύσις ἀρχέγονον πάσης τέχνης Damox. bei Ath. III, 102 a; vgl. D. Sic. 1, 88; compar. ἀρχεγονώτερος Themist.