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allex

From LSJ

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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

Latin > English

allex allecis N N :: herrings; a fish sauce; pickle

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

allex: = alec, q. v.
allex: ĭcis, m., acc. to Isid. Gloss.,
I the great toe; hence, in derision, of a little man: tune hic amator audes esse, allex viri? thou thumb of a man, thumbling? Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 31.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) allēx, ēcis, v. allec.
(2) allex¹⁶ (hall-), ĭcis, m., gros orteil : Gloss. || [fig.] hallex viri Pl. Pœn. 1310, rebut d’homme, méchant poucet.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) allex1, s. allec.
(2) allex2 (hallex), icis, m. = pellex in pede, die große Fußzehe, s. Gloss. V, 591, 10. – dah. scherzh., hallex viri, Däumling, Fingerling, Plaut. Poen. 1310.

Latin > Chinese

*allex, icis. m. :: 脚大拇指