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ἐναπόληψις

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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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Transliteration A: enapólēpsis Transliteration B: enapolēpsis Transliteration C: enapolipsis Beta Code: e)napo/lhyis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A intercepting, catching, retention, Arist.Mete.370a1, Spir.482b31, Thphr.CP2.9.3, Dsc.Eup. 1.62.    2 being caught up, involved in, τὰς ἐ. τῶν συστροφῶν ἐν τῇ τοῦ κόσμου γενέσει Epicur.Ep. 1p.28U.