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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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scŭtĭca: ae, f.,
I a lash, whip (milder than flagellum): ne scuticā sectere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 119; Juv. 6, 480; Ov. H. 9, 81; Mart. 10, 62, 8 (dub.): si quis Orbilius ferulā scuticāque cecidit, Domit. ap. Suet. Gram. 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scŭtĭca,¹⁴ æ, f. (σκυτική), martinet, fouet à lanières de cuir, étrivières : Hor. S. 1, 3, 119, cf. Suet. Gramm. 9.