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σκεπ-τικός

skeptikos

thoughtful, reflective

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σκεπ-τικός · skep-tikos — LSJ

thoughtful, reflective, Sceptics, philosophers who asserted nothing positively, the Sceptical philosophy

thoughtful, reflective, Phld. Rh. 1.191 S.: οἱ σ. (also ἀπορητικοί, ἐφεκτικοί) the Sceptics or philosophers who asserted nothing positively, followers of Pyrrho, Luc. Vit.Auct. 27, D.L. Prooem. 20,9.69 sq., Gell. 11.5; ἡ σ. φιλοσοφία or ἀγωγή S.E. P. 1.5, 7, etc. Adv., -κῶς ἔχειν to profess the Sceptical philosophy, D.L. 9.71: Comp. -ώτερον S.E. M. 9.194, etc.

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