σμικρίζεσθαι

From LSJ

ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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German (Pape)

[Seite 911] nach Hesych. = διαιτᾶσθαι, was Mein. gut in διαττᾶσθαι ändert.