ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
v. intrans.
P. ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβάλλεσθαι, ἐξίστασθαι, ἐκπίπτειν, ἀποκλίνειν.