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Καππαδόκαι

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

Plato, Apology 21d
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Transliteration A: Kappadókai Transliteration B: Kappadokai Transliteration C: Kappadokai Beta Code: *kappado/kai

English (LSJ)

ῶν, οἱ, Cappadocians, Hdt.5.49, etc.:—also Καππάδοκες, ων, Str.6.4.2, etc.:—fem. Καππαδόκισσα Id.14.2.17:—hence Καππαδοκία, Ion. Καππαδοκίη, ἡ, Cappadocia, Hdt.1.71, etc.; Καππαδοκίζω, favour the Cappadocians, App.Mith.53:—Pass., to be Cappadocianized (with pun on Joannes Cappadox), [Demod.]5.

Greek Monotonic

Καππαδόκαι: οἱ, οι Καππαδόκες, γνωστοί για την πανουργία και για την δειλία τους, σε Ηρόδ.

Middle Liddell


the Cappadocians, notorious as knaves and cowards, Hdt.