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herabreißen

From LSJ

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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

German > Latin

herabreißen, deripere (raffend herabziehen, z.B. tunicam: u. alqm de ara). – diripere (losraffend entfernen, z.B. ex capite alcis insigne regni: u. sich selbst, velamina ex umeris). – detrahere (schleppend etc. herabziehen, z.B. alqm de curru, de equo).