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From LSJ
ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑπόστασιν καθ' ἑαυτήν → the culmination has no power of originating by itself
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
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ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑπόστασιν καθ' ἑαυτήν → the culmination has no power of originating by itself
νέρθεν: ἐϋτρήτων καλάμων ὑπὸ ῥίζαν ὁδεύει·