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Vorläufer

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.

German > Latin

Vorläufer, praecursor (eig.). – praenuntius alcis rei (bildl., der Vorbote, Vorherverkündiger von etwas, z.B. magnarum calamitatum). – quasi dux alcis rei (bildl., Anleiter zu etwas, s. Cic. Tusc. 4, 64). – Johannes, der V. Christi, Ioannes, antecursor Christi (Eccl.).