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ἐκκαλλύνω

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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: ἐκκαλλύνω Medium diacritics: ἐκκαλλύνω Low diacritics: εκκαλλύνω Capitals: ΕΚΚΑΛΛΥΝΩ
Transliteration A: ekkallýnō Transliteration B: ekkallynō Transliteration C: ekkallyno Beta Code: e)kkallu/nw

English (LSJ)

   A sweep clean, ἔδαφος πτεροῖς Arr.Peripl.M.Eux.21, cf. Hsch.s.v. ἐκκοροῦσι :—Pass., EM322.18.

German (Pape)

[Seite 762] gleichsam entschönern, φθείρειν, ἐκκορεῖν, Hesych.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐκκαλλύνω: «συγυρίζω», «παστρεύω» καθαρίζω καλῶς, Ἡσύχ.