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τεττιγόνιον

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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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Full diacritics: τεττῑγόνιον Medium diacritics: τεττιγόνιον Low diacritics: τεττιγόνιον Capitals: ΤΕΤΤΙΓΟΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: tettigónion Transliteration B: tettigonion Transliteration C: tettigonion Beta Code: tettigo/nion

English (LSJ)

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   A a small and voiceless kind of τέττιξ, a leaf-hopper or cicadelle, Arist.HA532b17; fem. pl. tettigoniae, Plin.HN11.92; prob. everywhere f.l. for τιτιγόνιον (q.v.).