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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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Act of measuring: P. μέτρησις, ἡ. Measure: P. and V. μέτρον, τό. Thus they got the measurement for their ladders: P. τὴν συμμέτρησιν . . τῶν κλιμάκων οὕτως ἔλαβον (Thuc. 3, 20).