τὸ νόσημα… τοιοῦτον ἦν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὴν ἰδεαν

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

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

the plague was such in its general manifestations