λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
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high sounding: P. and V. σεμνός, ὑψηλός, V. ὑψήγορος, ὑπέρκοπος.