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abfeilen

From LSJ

Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

German > Latin

abfeilen, I) wegfeilen: delimare; limā avellere. – II) = ausfeilen, w. s.