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καταχήνη

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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: katachḗnē Transliteration B: katachēnē Transliteration C: katachini Beta Code: kataxh/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A flouting, mockery, Ar.V.575, Ec.631; Καταχῆναι, αἱ, title of play, IG14.1097.8.    II amulet in the shape of a locust offered in the Acropolis of Athens, Hsch.