ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν
From LSJ
Ἡμερὶ πανθέλκτειρα, μεθυτρόφε, μῆτερ ὀπώρας ... → All-soothing vine, nurse of the wine, vintage's mother ... (Anthologia Palatina 7.24.1)
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
almost, practically, as the saying is, so to speak, to use a figure of speech
