ἀνάγκᾳ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται → but not even gods fight necessity (Simonides, fr. 37.1.29)
ob-truncātĭo: ōnis, f. obtrunco,I a cutting away, trimming, pruning (postAug.): obtruncatio vitis, Col. 4, 29, 4.