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vulgarity

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.

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

ignorance: P. and V. ἀμουσία, ἡ, P. ἀπαιδευσία, ἡ.

boorishness: P. ἀγροικία, ἡ.

want of taste: P. ἀπειροκαλία, ἡ.

Translations

Bulgarian: вулгарност, простащина; Catalan: vulgaritat; Czech: vulgárnost, vulgarita; French: vulgarité; Galician: vulgaridade; Georgian: ვულგარულობა, უხამსობა; German: Vulgarität; Greek: χυδαιότητα, χυδαιότης; Ancient Greek: ἀναγωγία, ἀπειροκαλία, βαναυσία, βαναυσίη, τὰ χαμαίζηλα, φορτικότης, τὸ χαμαιτυπές, χυδαιολογία, χυδαιότης; Portuguese: vulgaridade; Russian: вульгарность, пошлость; Scottish Gaelic: gràisgealachd; Serbo-Croatian: prostaštvo, prostota; Spanish: vulgaridad; Ukrainian: вульгарність