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ἀποσπάς

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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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English (LSJ)

άδος,ἡ,

   A torn off from, τινός Nonn.D.1.289, al.: metaph., βασσαρίδες ἀποσπάδες ἠθάδος ὕλης ib.34.347, etc.    II as Subst., slip for propagating, Gp.11.9, etc.; vine-branch or bunch of grapes, AP6.300 (Leon.): metaph., branch of a river, Eust.1712.6.