ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
almost, as the saying is, for instance, not to make a short matter long, one may say, practically, so to say, so to speak, to say it in a word, to use a figure of speech, we may say, what is more
