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διασκάπτω

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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: diaskáptō Transliteration B: diaskaptō Transliteration C: diaskapto Beta Code: diaska/ptw

English (LSJ)

Dor. 3pl. fut.

   A -σκάψοντι Tab.Heracl.1.131:—dig through, ἰσθμόν Paus.2.1.5; δ. τὰ τείχη make a breach in them, Lys. 13.14; ῥόως τῷ ὕδατι make a breach for water in the canals, Tab.Heracl. l. c., cf. Ph.Bel.98.27: also c. gen., τοῦ τείχους Plu.Pyrrh. 33; excavate, τάφον Charito 8.7.

German (Pape)

[Seite 602] durchgraben, ganz niederreißen, τὰ μακρὰ τείχη Lys. 13, 14, u. Sp., z. B. τάφον Charit. 8, 7; auch τείχους, ein Stück der Mauer, Plut. Pyrrh. 83.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

διασκάπτω: σκάπτων διανοίγωἀνατρέπω, καταστρέφω, Παυσ. 2. 1, 5· δ. τὰ τείχη Λυσ. 131. 5· ὡσαύτως μετὰ γεν., τοῦ τείχους Πλούτ. Πύρρ. 33.

French (Bailly abrégé)

fouiller, creuser.
Étymologie: διά, σκάπτω.