ἀλαλκεῖν

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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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 89] s. ἀλέξω.

French (Bailly abrégé)

inf. ao.2 > prés. ἀλάλκω, f. ἀλαλκήσω;
écarter, repousser : τινί τι ou τινός τι écarter qch de qqn, protéger qqn contre qch ; τινί τι κρατός écarter qch de la tête de qqn.
Étymologie: R. Ἀλκ avec redoublement ; cf. ἀλέξω.