brawn

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Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age

Sophocles, Antigone, 1350-1353

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Met., strength of body: P. and V. εὐεξία, ἡ (Euripides, Fragment).