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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: simótēs Transliteration B: simotēs Transliteration C: simotis Beta Code: simo/ths

English (LSJ)

ητος, ἡ,

   A the shape of a snub nose, opp. γρυπότης, Pl.Tht. 143e, 209c, X.Cyr.8.4.21.    II metaph., τὴν σ. τῶν ὀδόντων the upward curve of the tusks of a wild boar, Id.Cyn.10.13.

German (Pape)

[Seite 882] ητος, ἡ, 1) die Gestalt der Nase, die oben eingebogen, unten aufgeworfen ist, Stumpfnasigkeit, Plat. Theaet. 209 c; Ggstz von γρυπότης, Xen. Cyr. 8, 4, 21; ῥινός, Plut. Popl. 16. – 2) übh. Eingebogenheit, τῶν ὀδόντων, die Richtung der Hauzähne des wilden Ebers, diekrumm gebogen aufwärts gehen, Xen. Cyn. 10, 13.