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ἐπισφάλεια

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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: epispháleia Transliteration B: episphaleia Transliteration C: episfaleia Beta Code: e)pisfa/leia

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ἡ,

   A precariousness, τῆς τύχης Plb.38.21.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 988] ἡ, das Trügerische, die Unbeständigkeit, τῆς τύχης, Pol. exc. Vat. p. 459.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπισφάλεια: ἡ, τὸ ἐπισφαλές, ἡ ἀβεβαιότης, Πολυβ. Ἀποσπ. Βατικ. σ. 459.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπισφάλεια, ἡ (Α) επισφαλές
αβεβαιότητα, αστάθεια, επικίνδυνη κατάστασηπρόχειρον ἔχειν ἐν ταῑς ἐπιτυχίαις τὴν τῆς τύχης ἐπισφάλειαν», Πολ.).