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κακοφυής

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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.
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Transliteration A: kakophyḗs Transliteration B: kakophyēs Transliteration C: kakofyis Beta Code: kakofuh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (φυή)

   A of bad natural qualities, κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν Pl. R.410a.    II (φύομαι) growing ill, Thphr.HP8.11.8; σπόρος PTeb. 61 (b).370 (ii B.C.).