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ἐγκυκλέομαι

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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: enkykléomai Transliteration B: enkykleomai Transliteration C: egkykleomai Beta Code: e)gkukle/omai

English (LSJ)

Pass.,

   A roll or rotate in the sockets, of the joints, Hp. de Arte 10.    II in com. sense, to be cooped up, οὐκ οἶδ' ὅπῃ ἐγκεκύκλησαι Ar.V.699.    III Med., surround, Plu.TG5; τοὺς ἀμφὶ πλουσίαν τράπεζαν - κυκλουμένους Id.2.50d.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐγκυκλέομαι: παθ. περιστρέφομαι, στρέφομαι, «γυρίζω» ἐντὸς τῶν κοτυλῶν, περὶ τῶν ἄρθρων τοῦ σώματος, Ἱππ. 6. 37. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ κωμ. ἐννοίας, «φέρομαι γύρῳ», ἐξαπατῶμαι, οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπη ἐγκεκύκλησαι Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 699. ― Πρβλ. ἐκκυκλέω. ΙΙΙ. Μέσ., περιβάλλω, περικυκλώνω, Πλουτ. Τ. Γράκχ. 5.