ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
-έομαι, Ασυμπίπτω.[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < συν- + ἐξικνοῦμαι «φθάνω»].