ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος
From LSJ
Οὗτος Ἰουστῖνον καὶ Νεοβιγάστην στρατηγοὺς προβαλόμενος, καὶ τὰς Βρεττανίας ἐάσας, περαιοῦται ἅμα τῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Βονωνίαν → He appointed Justinus and Neovigastes as generals, and leaving Britain, crossed with his forces to Bononia.(Olympiodorus/Photius)
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
almost, as the saying is, for instance, not to make a short matter long, one may say, practically, roughly speaking, so to say, so to speak, to say it in a word, to use a figure of speech, we may say, what is more
