Μέγιστον τόπος. Άπαντα γαρ χωρεί.
Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the philosophers, book 1, chapter 35
This quote is attributed to Thales of Miletus (Θαλής ο Μιλήσιος) who lived from 624/623 – c. 548/545 BC (640 ή 624 π.Χ. Μίλητος, Ιωνία – 546 π.Χ.)
Here is some brief glossary/Parsing info:
- μέγιστον — neuter singular superlative of μέγας, used here substantivally/predicatively: “greatest [thing].”
- τόπος — masculine nominative singular noun meaning place or space.
- ἅπαντα — neuter accusative plural of ἅπας, meaning all things or everything; it is the object of χωρεῖ.
- γάρ — postpositive conjunction meaning for.
- χωρεῖ — present active indicative, third-person singular, of χωρέω: contains, holds, or has room for.
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