δέμας (δέμω): frame, build of body; joined with
εἶδος, φυή, and freq. with adjectives
as acc. of specification, μι_κρός,
ἄριστος, etc.—As adv., like
(instar), μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς
αἰθομένοιο, Il.
11.596.