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ἀμφικυκλόομαι

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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: amphikyklóomai Transliteration B: amphikykloomai Transliteration C: amfikykloomai Beta Code: a)mfikuklo/omai

English (LSJ)

Pass.,

   A encircle, surround, ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο νῆσον A.Pers.458.—Act. in Agath.3.6.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφικυκλόομαι: Μέσ. περικυκλῶ, ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο ... νῆσον (ἐν τμήσει) Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 458. -Τὸ ἐνεργ. εὕρηται παρὰ Βυζ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-οῦμαι;
encercler, entourer.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, κυκλόομαι.