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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Greek Monolingual

ἐσχατόμοιρος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που έχει την έσχατη μοίρα, το έσχατο μερίδιο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < έσχατος + -μοιρος < μοίρα (πρβλ. ά-μοιρος, μεμψί-μοιρος)].