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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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P. μῖλαξ, σμῖλαξ, ἡ (Plat.) τάξος.

The word is also found in Eur., Bacch. 703, and Aristophanes, Nub. 1007, but apparently with a different meaning.