σύρμα
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (σύρω)
A anything trailed or dragged: I a theatric robe with a long train, Arr.Epict.1.29.41, Poll.7.67, An.Par.1.19; σ. ἱματίου train, Ptol.Tetr.24; without ἱματίου, Heph.Astr.1.1; Lat. syrma, Juv.8.229, Mart.4.49.8, al.; cf. σύρω 1, συρτός 11: periphr., σύρμα πλοκάμων long flowing hair, AP5.12 (Phld.); σ. τερηδόνος a long woodworm, ib.12.190 (Strat.). 2 sweepings, refuse, litter, ὄνους σύρματ' ἂν ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ χρυσόν Heraclit.9; cf. συρφετός. 3 Medic., perh. abrasion, scaly skin-disease, Hp.Epid.4.30; ἀπὸ . . συρμάτων ἀποθνῄσκοντες Ptol.Tetr.201 (but κλασμάτων Procl. ad loc.); cf. ἀπόσυρμα 1.1. II dragging, trailing motion, μόσχων Mesom.Sol.23; trail left by a serpent, D.Chr.5.19, Ael.NA9.61:— σ. Ἀντιγόνης a place at Thebes, where Antigone was said to have dragged the body of Polynices to his brother's pyre, Paus.9.25.2. 2 Music, drawing out or prolonging the tones, Ptol.Harm.2.12. 3 syrma, = dictio longa, Gloss.
