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ex pede herculem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex -pede her-culem
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A maxim of proportionality: one can extrapolate the size of a thing from the size of a part.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Latin [Term?] (literally “from his foot, [we can measure] Hercules”)

Origin

Phrases

ex ungue leonem

Frequently Paired Words

ex ungue leonem

Questions

What does ex pede herculem mean?
A maxim of proportionality: one can extrapolate the size of a thing from the size of a part.
Where does ex pede herculem come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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