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ἐκπήγνυμι

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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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Transliteration A: ekpḗgnymi Transliteration B: ekpēgnymi Transliteration C: ekpignymi Beta Code: e)kph/gnumi

English (LSJ)

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   A -ύω Plu.2.978b), make stiff or torpid, l.c. ; esp. of frost, congeal, freeze, Thphr.CP5.14.2 :—Pass., become stiff, congeal, Str. 7.5.11 ; to be frozen, frost-bitten, Thphr.HP5.14.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 772] (s. πήγνυμι), fest, dicht machen, erstarren machen; τῆς νάρκης δύναμιν οὐ μόνον τοὺς θιγόντας αὐτῆς ἐκπηγνύουσαν Plut. sol. an. 27; vom Salz, Strab. VII p. 317. Bes. vom Frost, Theophr.; – pass., gefrieren.