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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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

phengītes: ae, m., = φεγγίτης,
I phengite, selenite, or erystallized gypsum, used for window-panes: in Cappadociā repertus est lapis candidus, atque translucens, ex argumento phengites appellatus, Plin. 36, 22, 46, § 163; lapis, Suet. Dom. 14.