μήρυμα
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
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which is drawn out: strand of gut, Ph.Bel. 65.33; skein of such strands, Hero Bel.81.14; thread, Poll.7.29; μηρύματα λίθων, of fibrous stone, Plu.2.434a; of bitumen, J.BJ4.8.4; of ship's cordage, Plu.Cic.47; μ. ἐρίου Dem.Ophth. ap. Aët.7.53; kink in a string, Hero Aut.2.11. II a serpent's coil or trail, δολιχῷ μ. γαστρός Nic.Th.160, 265 (μηρύγματι codd., cf. Hsch., Cyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 178] τό, = μήρυγμα, bessere Form, s. Lob. parall. 433; Poll. 7, 29; Plut. def. or. 43; Schol. Soph. Tr. 597 erkl. so κάταγμα οἰός.
