βαλλήν
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)
ὁ (not βαλήν Hdn.Gr.2.923),
A king, A.Pers.657, S.Fr.515. —Prob. Phrygian word acc. to Hsch., but Thurian acc. to Hermesianax Hist. ap. Ps.-Plu.Fluv.12.4: βαλληναῖον ὄρος, = βασιλικόν (in Phrygia) and βαλλήν, a fabulous precious stone, Ps.-Plu.Fluv.12.3,4.
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βαλλήν: ὁ, (οὐχὶ βαλὴν Ἡρῳδιαν. π. μον. λέξ. 17, Ἀρκάδ. 9), βασιλεύς, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 658, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 144. (Λέξις Φρυγική, πιθανῶς συγγενὴς τῇ Ἑβρ. Baal, Bel (κύριος), πρβλ. Ἡσύχ., Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. Μ. 1. 313).
