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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
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English (LSJ)
[ῡ], aor. ἔσμυξα (κατ-) Il.9.653, AP5.253 (Paul.Sil.) (simple
A σμῦξαι Hsch.):—Pass., aor. 1 ἐσμύχθην (κατ-) Theoc.8.90; aor. 2 ἐσμύγην [ῠ] (ἀπ-) Luc.DMort.6.3: pf. ἔσμυγμαι (κατ-) Hld.7.21:— burn in a slow, smouldering fire, make a thing smoulder away (cf. κατασμύχω): metaph. of grief, τεῖρ' ὀδύνη σμύχουσα A.R.3.762; κῆρ ἄχεϊ σμύχουσα ib.446:—Pass., smoulder away, Ἴλιος πυρὶ σμύχοιτο Il.22.411; by the fires of love, Mosch.Fr.2.4; by suspicion, Hld. 1.16; πυρετὸς -όμενος Gal.11.25; σμύχονται σάρκες are shrivelled, Aret.SD1.8.
