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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

āĕtītēs: ae, f., = ἀετίτης> (from ἀετός>, eagle),
I a stone found in the nest of the eagle, eagle-stone, to us unknown, Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 12; 30, 14, 44, § 130.