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Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1029.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1029.jpg}}]]Βενυσία, ἡ.
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|lshtext=<b>Vĕnŭsĭa</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[town]] on the borders of [[Apulia]] and [[Lucania]], the birthplace of the [[poet]] Horace, [[now]] Venosa, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; 16, 5, 3; Liv. 22, 49; 22, 54; Vell. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, Vĕnŭsīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Venusia]], Venusian: silvae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: [[colonus]], i. e. Horace, id. S. 2, 1, 35: [[lucerna]], i. e. the [[poetry]] of Horace, Juv. 1, 51.—Subst.: Vĕ-nŭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of [[Venusia]], the Venusians, Liv. 22, 54; 27, 10.
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Vĕnŭsĭa: ae, f.,
I a town on the borders of Apulia and Lucania, the birthplace of the poet Horace, now Venosa, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; 16, 5, 3; Liv. 22, 49; 22, 54; Vell. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, Vĕnŭsīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venusia, Venusian: silvae, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: colonus, i. e. Horace, id. S. 2, 1, 35: lucerna, i. e. the poetry of Horace, Juv. 1, 51.—Subst.: Vĕ-nŭsīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Venusia, the Venusians, Liv. 22, 54; 27, 10.