οὐ γὰρ ἂν τό γε πραχθὲν ἀγένητον θείη → since he cannot make what was done as though it had not come to pass
dīlātor: ōris, m. differo, B. 3.,I a delayer, a dilatory person, Hor. A. P. 172; Isid. 10, 77.