διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit
Ar. and P. σκαιῶς.
poorly, badly: P. and V. φαύλως.
somewhat clumsily equipped: P. ἀπειρότερον παρεσκευασμένοι (Thucydides1, 49).
