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νανίον

From LSJ

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: νανίον Medium diacritics: νανίον Low diacritics: νανίον Capitals: ΝΑΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: naníon Transliteration B: nanion Transliteration C: nanion Beta Code: nani/on

English (LSJ)

τό, Dim. of νᾶνος, puppet, doll, Gloss.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νᾱνίον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ νᾶνος, πλαγγών, «κοῦκλα»· ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ὡς κύρ. ὄνομα θηλ.

Greek Monolingual

νανίον, τὸ (Α) νάνος
υποκορ. του νάνος.