Muttersöhnchen
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
German > Latin
Muttersöhnchen, materculae od. matris deliciae. – Muttersprache, sermo patrius (vom Vater angeborene Sprache). – sermo, qui natus est nobis. sermo natīvus (angeborene Sprache übh.). – auch sermo noster od. lingua nostra (unsere Landessprache, w. s.). – in der M. mit jmd. reden, sermone patrio uti apud alqm: ich spreche mit jmd. in seiner Sprache, als wenn es meine M. wäre, linguā et oratione alcis non minus scite, quam si gentīlis eius sim, loquor.
