ἐπιδήμιος
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
ον (but α, ον IG9(1).333.7 (Locr.)),
A among the people, ἐπιδήμιοι ἁρπακτῆρες plunderers of one's own countrymen, Il.24.262; πόλεμος ἐ. civil war, 9.64; ἐπιδαμίᾳ δίκᾳ χρήστω IGl.c.; ἔφαντ' ἐ. εἶναι σὸν πατέρ' that he was at home, Od.1.194; ἐ. ἔμποροι resident merchants, Hdt.2.39; οὐδ' εὐνῆς αἰδὼς ἐ. A.R.2.1023: generally, common, commonplace, τοῦτο τοὐπιδήμιον Plu.2.735a. 2. sojourning among, ψυχὴ . . ἐ. ἄστροις IG12(8).609.3 (Thasos); settling in a place, A.R.1.827. 3. of diseases, prevalent, epidemic, ἴκτερος Hp.Int.37. 4. ἐπιδήμια θύειν sacrifice in honour of a visit or arrival, Him.Ecl.36.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 937] im Volke, in der Heimath, Il. 24, 262; zu Hause anwesend, Od. 1, 194; πόλεμος, Bürgerkrieg, Il. 9, 64; durchs ganze Volk verbreitet, bes. von Seuchen, epidemisch, Hippocr. u. a. Medic.; – οὐδ' εὐνῆς αἰδὼς ἐπιδήμιος, ist nicht Sitte des Landes, Ap. Rh. 2, 1024. – Als Fremder eingewandert, sich aufhaltend, Ἕλληνές σφισι ἔωσι ἐπιδήμιοι ἔμποροι Her. 2, 39; vgl. Ap. Rh. 1, 827.
