καθομιλέω
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
English (LSJ)
A conciliate by daily intercourse, win the favour of, τοὺς γνωρίμους Arist.Pol.1315b4, cf. Plu.2.52e, Caes.15, App.BC5.63: c. dat., κ. τῷ πλήθει (nisi leg. τὰ πλήθη) D.S.14.70; κ. τοὺς καιρούς Ath.12.513b, v.l. in Sch.Ar.Ra.1001, v.l. in Suid. s.v. ἀγχίστροφοι (nisi leg. τοῖς καιροῖς, as in Sch.Ar.Ra.47, 546):—Pass., ὑπὸ Δημάδου καθομιληθείς D.S.16.87. II Pass., to be used in daily intercourse, to be current, esp. in pf. part. Pass., ἡ καθωμιλημένη δόξα Plb.10.5.9; κ. φράσεις Phld.Rh.1.161S.; κ. ὄνομα Alex.Aphr.in Mete.7.9, cf. Antig.Mir.8; also Σαρδόνιος γέλως καθωμίληται has become a proverb, Dsc.Alex.14: c. dat., νόμοι οὐ -μένοι τῷ τῶν πολλῶν ἔθει which have nothing to do with... Max.Tyr.23.2.
