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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

P. διεζωσμένος. Girt for action: Ar. συσταλείς, P. εὔζωνος. A hill girt with sea foam: V. ὄχθον περίρρυτον ἀφρῷ θαλάσσης (Eur., Frag.). A house girt with battle-ments: V. δῶμα περιφερὲς θριγκοῖς (Eur., Hel. 430). Shut in: P. and V. εἴργειν, κατείργειν.