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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
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Full diacritics: τετρασκελής Medium diacritics: τετρασκελής Low diacritics: τετρασκελής Capitals: ΤΕΤΡΑΣΚΕΛΗΣ
Transliteration A: tetraskelḗs Transliteration B: tetraskelēs Transliteration C: tetraskelis Beta Code: tetraskelh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (σκέλος)

   A four-legged, four-footed, τ. οἰωνός, of a kind of griffin, A.Pr. 397; χέρσου τ. γονή, i.e. quadrupeds, S.Fr.941.10; τ. ὕβρισμα the wanton violence of Centaurs, E.HF181; τ. κενταυροπληθὴς πόλεμος ib.1272; of bandages, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.23.1, Sor.Fasc.41, Gal. 18(1).774.