Παντοδαής
all-knowing, omniscient
Translated by David Whitehead9 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who knows everything.
"Who wrought so great a work as all-knowing Democritus contrived?"1
"Who wrought so great a work as all-knowing Democritus contrived?"1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παντοδαής· ὁ πάντα εἰδώς. τίς ἔργον ἔρεξε τοσοῦτον, ὅσσον ὁ παντοδαὴς μήνυσε Δημόκριτος;
Betacode
*pantodah/s: o( pa/nta ei)dw/s. ti/s e)/rgon e)/rece tosou=ton, o(/sson o( pantodah\s mh/nuse *dhmo/kritos;
Notes (1)
- 1Diogenes Laertius 9.43; from his own epigram about Democritus (delta 447, delta 448). ↩
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