εἰ μὴ μάλα γέ τινες ὀλίγοι ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα → apart from a very few whom I've met
(see also ζεύγνυμι): undergird, undergird a ship, unite in marriage, with a bridge
reficere (navem), to repair (a ship), 1.29.3.
