ἀποτροπίασμα
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A sacrifice to avert evil, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 332] τό, Sühnopfer zur Abwendung eines Uebels, Suid.
Spanish (DGE)
-ματος, τό
rito apotropaico, conjuro ἀποτροπιάσματα καὶ θυσίαι entre los egipcios, Ath.Al.Gent.24, cf. Hsch.
