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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄλινσις: -εως, ἡ, τριβὴ (λέανσις, στίλβωμα), Σαμίων ἕλετο ἄλινσιν τοῦ ἐργαστηρίου καὶ κονίασιν, [IV] Ἐπιγρ. Ἐπιδ. 3325Α39 = Κ. 241, οὐσ. ῥηματ. ἐκ τοῦ ἀλίνω. Πρβλ. Ἡσύχ. καὶ Α. Β. 383.