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μὴ ἐν πολλοῖς ὀλίγα λέγε, ἀλλ΄ ἐν ὀλίγοις πολλά → don't say little in many words, but much in a few words (Stobaeus quoting Pythagoras)

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dochmĭus: ii, m., = δόχμιος (sc. πούς),
I the dochmiac foot in poetry, whose fundamental scheme is ˘ [macracute] [macracute] ˘ [macracute], of which, however, about thirty modifications are described, Cic. Or. 64 fin.; Quint. 9, 4, 79 al.

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