σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν ἃ μὴ πρέπει → it's better to keep silence than to say what's not appropriate (Menander)
chance, accident: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, τύχη, ἡ, Ar. and P. συντυχία, ἡ, V. συναλλαγή, ἡ.
affair, circumstance: P. and V. πρᾶγμα τό.
in this contingency: P. and V. οὕτως ἐχόντων (things being thus).
