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ὀλοόφρων

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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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Full diacritics: ὀλοόφρων Medium diacritics: ὀλοόφρων Low diacritics: ολοόφρων Capitals: ΟΛΟΟΦΡΩΝ
Transliteration A: oloóphrōn Transliteration B: oloophrōn Transliteration C: oloofron Beta Code: o)loo/frwn

English (LSJ)

ονος, ὁ, ἡ, (ὀλοός, φρήν)

   A meaning mischief, baleful (so always in Il.), ὕδρος 2.723 ; λέων 15.630 ; σῦς κάπρος 17.21 ; but    II in Od., crafty, sagacious, of persons, Ἄτλας 1.52 ; Αἰήτης 10.137 ; Μίνως 11.322. (Sense 11 is derived from sense 1, cf. the signf. of δαΐφρων and δεινός ; expld. by Cleanth.Stoic.1.125 by ὁ ὑπὲρ ὅλων φρονῶν, i. e. ὁλο-.)