ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
talk nonsense: P. and V. ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν (also Ar.).
Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ, φλυαρία, ἡ, P. ληρήματα, τά; see nonsense.