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θρεπτέον

From LSJ

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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

German (Pape)

[Seite 1217] (s. τρέφω), zu ernähren, Plat. Tim. 19 a; Sp.; ἀπὸ τῶν εἰργασμένων θρεπτέον, muß man leben, Xen. Hipparch. 8, 8.