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ἐπισφάλεια

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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: ἐπισφάλεια Medium diacritics: ἐπισφάλεια Low diacritics: επισφάλεια Capitals: ΕΠΙΣΦΑΛΕΙΑ
Transliteration A: epispháleia Transliteration B: episphaleia Transliteration C: episfaleia Beta Code: e)pisfa/leia

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ἡ, precariousness, τῆς τύχης Plb.38.21.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 988] ἡ, das Trügerische, die Unbeständigkeit, τῆς τύχης, Pol. exc. Vat. p. 459.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπισφάλεια: (ᾰ) ἡ ненадежность, непрочность (τῆς τύχης Polyb.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπισφάλεια: ἡ, τὸ ἐπισφαλές, ἡ ἀβεβαιότης, Πολυβ. Ἀποσπ. Βατικ. σ. 459.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπισφάλεια, ἡ (Α) επισφαλές
αβεβαιότητα, αστάθεια, επικίνδυνη κατάστασηπρόχειρον ἔχειν ἐν ταῖς ἐπιτυχίαις τὴν τῆς τύχης ἐπισφάλειαν», Πολ.).