κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
P. and V. ὄξος, τό.
jar for vinegar: V. ὀξηρὸν ἄγγος (Sophocles, Fragment).