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ὑπεξέλκω

From LSJ

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

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑπεξέλκω: ἀποσύρω κατὰ μικρόν, ἑαυτὸν πόνων Πλανούδ. Μεταφρ. Ὀβιδ. 13 316.