ἀντιρρέπω
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)
A counterpoise, balance, A.Ag.574; τινί Hp.Art.4: metaph., vacillate, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ πλάστιγγος Ph.2.170, etc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀντιρρέπω: ῥέπω εἰς τὸ ἕτερον μέρος, κάμνω τὴν πλάστιγγα νὰ κλίνῃ πρὸς τὸ ἄλλο μέρος, νικᾷ τὸ κέρδος, πῆμα δ’ οὐκ ἀντιρρέπει Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 574· τινὶ Ἱππ. περὶ Ἄρθρ. 782: μεταφ., ἀμφιταλαντεύομαι, ἐπαμφοτερίζων δὲ τὴν γνώμην καὶ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ πλάστιγγος ἀντιρρέπων Φίλων 2. 170, κτλ.: πρβλ. ἀντίρροπος.
