ἐκκαρπόομαι
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
Med.,
A gather or enjoy the fruit of, ἄλλης γυναικὸς παῖδας ἐ. to have children by another wife, E. Ion815; ἐ. φιλίαν D.C.37.56. II enjoy the fruit of a thing, c. part., ἀμφοτέροις ἔνσπονδοι ὄντες ἐκκαρπώσασθαι Th.5.28; ἐ. τινάς exhaust them, drain them dry, D.24.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 762] med., 1) Früchte für sich wovon einsammeln, ἄλλης γυναικὸς παῖδας ἐκκαρπούμενος Eur. Ion 815; übertr., φιλίαν D. Cass. 37, 56. – 2) durch zu starke Benutzung erschöpfen, aussaugen; Thuc. 5, 28; Dem. vrbdt τῶν ὑμᾶς ἐκκεκαρπωμένων καὶ πολλὰ τῶν ὑμετέρων διηρπακότων, 24, 2.
