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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

η
1. το χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα και η κατάσταση του μουγγού, το να μη μπορεί κανείς να μιλήσει, βουβαμάρα
2. μτφ. παρατεταμένη και αμήχανη σιωπή («τί μουγγαμάρα είναι αυτή που σέ έπιασε σήμερα»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μουγγός + κατάλ. -αμάρα (πρβλ. βουβαμάρα, κουταμάρα)].