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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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Transliteration A: gounós Transliteration B: gounos Transliteration C: gounos Beta Code: gouno/s

English (LSJ)

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   A high ground, φυτὸν ὣς γουνῷ ἀλωῆς Il.18.57; ἀνὰ γουνὸν ἀλωῆς οἰνοπέδοιο Od.1.193, etc.; ἐκ Κρήτης ἐς γουνὸν Ἀθηνάων 11.323; τῆς Ἀττικῆς . . τὸν γ. τὸν Σουνιακόν Hdt.4.99: pl., γουνοῖσιν Ἐλευθῆρος μεδέουσα Hes.Th.54; γουνοῖσιν κατένασσε Νεμείης ib.329; ἐν γουνοῖς Ἀθανᾶν Pi.I.4(3).25. (Expld. as τόπος γονιμώτατος by Sch.Il. l.c., but better as ὑψηλὸς τόπος (cf. γόνυ) Orion 38, EM239.5.)