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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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Ar. and P. λαλία, ἡ, V. λαλήματα, τά, λεσχαί, αἱ. Person who gossips: V. λάλημα, τό, or use adj., P. and V. λάλος, V. στόμαργος, P. σπερμολόγος. v. intrans. P. λογοποιεῖν. Chatter: P. and V. λαλεῖν, θρυλεῖν, ἐκλαλεῖν (Eur., Frag.). Listen, Odysseus, let us have some gossip with you: V. ἄκουʼ Ὀδυσσεῦ διαλαλήσωμέν τί σοι (Eur., Cycl. 175).