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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.

Greek Monolingual

ζωνοδρακοντίς, -ίδος (Α)
(επίθ. της σελήνης) αυτή που περιβάλλεται, που είναι ζωσμένη από φίδια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ζώνη + δράκων (θ. δρα-κοντ-) + κατάλ. -ίς].