ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
line of poetry: Ar. and P. στίχος, ὁ, ἔπος, τό.
verses: P. μέτρα, τά (Plato, Lysis 205A).
hexameter verses: P. ἔπη ἑξάμετρα (Plato, Leges 810E).
