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ἐπηλυσίη

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Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

German (Pape)

[Seite 920] ἡ, (das Anthun), Bezauberung, Behexung, H. h. Cer. 228. 230 Merc. 37.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπηλῠσίη: ἡ, τὸ ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί τινα, ἐπίθεσις, ἰδίως διὰ μαγγανείας, μαγεία, γοητεία, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Δήμ. 228, εἰς Ἑρμῆν 37.- Ἐπικ. λέξις.- Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «ἐπῳδὴ φαρμάκων. ἢ ἔφοδός τινος».

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
sortilège, maléfice.
Étymologie: ἐπελεύσομαι.