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μελάμφυλλος

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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: melámphyllos Transliteration B: melamphyllos Transliteration C: melamfyllos Beta Code: mela/mfullos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A dark-leaved, δάφνα Anacr. 78 (= 92 Diehl, perh. pr. n.); δάφναι Theoc.Ep.1.3; κισσός D.P.573; of places, dark with leaves, Αἴτνας κορυφαί Pi.P.1.27; γῆ S.OC 482; ὄρη Ar.Th.997 (lyr.).    II as Subst. μελάμφυλλον, τό, = ἄκανθος, Dsc.3.17, Gal.11.818.

German (Pape)

[Seite 118] schwarzblätterig, mit dunklem Laube, dichtbelaubt, Αἴτνας μελαμφύλλοις κορυφαῖς, Pind. P. 1, 27; γῆ, Soph. O. C. 483, schattig; ὄρη, Ar. Th. 997; sp. D., wie D. Per. 573; – τὸ μελάμφυλλον, eine Pflanze, Bärenklau, Diosc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μελάμφυλλος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων μέλανα, μαῦρα φύλλα, δάφνα Ἀνακρ. 82˙ κισσὸς Διον. Π. 573˙ ἐπὶ τόπων, δασύς, σύσκιος, κατάσκιος ἐκ τῶν φύλλων, Αἴτνα Πινδ. Π. 1. 53˙ γῆ Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 482˙ ὄρη Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 997. ΙΙ. ὡς οὐσιαστ., μελάμφυλον, τό, = ἄκανθος, Διοσκ. (ἐκ τῶν Νόθων) 3. 19.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
au feuillage sombre.
Étymologie: μέλας, φύλλον.