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ἐπίσπασις

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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: epíspasis Transliteration B: epispasis Transliteration C: epispasis Beta Code: e)pi/spasis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A drawing in, τῆς τροφῆς Arist.Spir.482a15, cf. Thphr.CP1.17.6, etc.; ἡ ἐ. τοῦ στόματος, in sucking in liquid, Alex. Aphr.Pr.2.59.

German (Pape)

[Seite 980] ἡ, das An-, Zuziehen, Theophr.