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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

Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (Α ἀκανθόνωτος, -ον)
αυτός που έχει αγκάθια στην επιφάνεια της ράχης του σώματος (π. χ. ο εχίνος, ο ακανθόχοιρος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἄκανθα + -νωτος < νῶτον.