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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: zṓpyron Transliteration B: zōpyron Transliteration C: zopyron Beta Code: zw/puron

English (LSJ)

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   A spark or hot coal, used to kindle a fire: hence metaph., σμικρὰ ζ. τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων διασεσως μένα γένους (of the survivors of the flood), Pl.Lg.677b, cf. Luc.Tim.3; so [τὸ βαρὺ καὶ κοῦφον] οἷον ζ. ἄττα κινήσεως Arist.Cael.308a2; βραχέα τινὰ ζ. τῆς Αυκούργου νομοθεσίας Plu.2.240a; ζ. τι πρὸς σωτηρίαν βίου Max.Tyr. 2.4; ζώπυρα τῆς ἰδίας σωτηρίας Ph.2.519; ζ. φιλανθρωπίας flashes of humanity, Nic.Dam.Fr.127J.    II Act., pair of bellows, Ephor. 42J.

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