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τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
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English (LSJ)
ές, (τείνω)
A stretched out like a measuring line: hence, I drawn in a straight line, διώρυχες, διέξοδοι, Hdt.1.189,199; σχοινοτενὲς ποιήσασθαι to draw a straight line, Id.7.23. 2 metaph., stretched out, prolix, ἄσματα Philostr.Her.19.17; ἔννοιαι Eust.946.8; of rhetorical κῶλα exceeding a certain length, Hermog.Inv.1.5,4.4. Adv. -τενῶς ib. 4.3. II twisted or plaited of rushes, σπυρίδες AP6.5 (Phil.).
