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καταμπέχω

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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
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Transliteration A: katampéchō Transliteration B: katampechō Transliteration C: katampecho Beta Code: katampe/xw

English (LSJ)

and κατ-ίσχω,

   A encompass, εὔψυχον ἄνδρα κούφῃ καταμπίσχουσιν ἐν τύμβῳ Χθονί, i.e. bury him, E.Hel.853; μηκάδων μέλη, Χλόην καταμπέχοντα full of green herbs, i.e. either fed on grass or stuffed with herbs, Antiph.1; cover, τὰ κράνη -αμπέχοντες Plu.Crass. 11.