ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος
From LSJ
αἰτῶ δ' ὑγίειαν πρῶτον, εἶτ' εὐπραξίαν, τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀφείλειν μηδενί → first health, good fortune next, and third rejoicing; last, to owe nought to any man
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
almost, as the saying is, for instance, not to make a short matter long, one may say, practically, so to say, so to speak, to say it in a word, to use a figure of speech, we may say, what is more