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βράβυλον

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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: βράβῠλον Medium diacritics: βράβυλον Low diacritics: βράβυλον Capitals: ΒΡΑΒΥΛΟΝ
Transliteration A: brábylon Transliteration B: brabylon Transliteration C: vravylon Beta Code: bra/bulon

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A sloe, Prunus spinosa, Theoc.7.146 (wrongly expld. by Sch. as damson), 12.3, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.20.4, Gal.6.621.    II = κοκκύμηλον (q.v.), Seleuc. ap. Ath.2.50a, Clearch.82.

German (Pape)

[Seite 460] τό, eine wilde Art Pflaumen od. Schlehen, Theocr. 7, 146; vgl. Ath. II, 50 a.