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αιάζω

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.

Greek Monolingual

αἰάζω (Α)
1. φωνάζω αιαί, θρηνώ, ολολύζω, μοιρολογώ
2. αναστενάζω, φυσώ δυνατά, ξεφυσάω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Ηχοποιημένη λ. από το επιφών. αἴ.
ΠΑΡ. αρχ. αἴαγμα, αἰακτός
μσν.
αἰαγμός, αἴασμαι.