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ὑπόφαυσις

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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
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Transliteration A: hypóphausis Transliteration B: hypophausis Transliteration C: ypofafsis Beta Code: u(po/fausis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A narrow opening, in the bridge across the Hellespont, Hdt.7.36; in a testudo, Ph.Bel.99.39; αἱ θυρίδες δικτυωταί, ὑποφαύσεις κύκλῳ LXXEz.41.16.    II ὑποφαύσιας was read for ὑποφάσιας in Hp.Prog.2 by Artemidorus and Dioscurides ap.Gal. 18(2).52, but rejected by Gal. l. c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1238] ἡ, geringe, unmerkliche Erhellung, durch eine Oeffnung, ein Fenster, Her. 7, 36; übh. schmale Oeffnung, schmaler Zwischenraum.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑπόφαυσις: ἡ, (ἴδε φαίνω) φῶς φαινόμενον διὰ μέσου μικρᾶς ὀπῆς· ὅθεν καθόλου, στενὸν ἄνοιγμα, Ἡρόδ. 7. 36.