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Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν → Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance

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Transliteration A: lophiá Transliteration B: lophia Transliteration C: lofia Beta Code: lofia/

English (LSJ)

Ion. λοφ-ῐή, ἡ, (λόφος)

   A mane or bristly ridge on the back of animals, mane of horses, bristly back of boars and hyenas (cf. Arist.PA658a30, HA 498b30, 579b16), φρίξας εὖ λοφιήν, of a wild boar, Od.19.446; ὀρθὰς ἐν λοφιῇ φρίσσει τρίχας ἀμφί τε δειρήν Hes.Sc.391; ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα the mane served for a plume, Hdt.7.70, cf. 2.71.    2 backfin of dolphins and similar fishes, D.S.3.41, AP9.222 (Antiphil.), Philostr.Im.1.19.    II = λόφος 11, ridge, LXX Jo.15.2, al., AP9.249 (Maec.).