ἐπάρδω
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
A irrigate, Arr.An.4.6.5: metaph., ἐ. ἀρεταῖς τὴν ψυχήν Luc.Am.45, cf. LXX 4 Ma.1.29, Plot.6.7.33; ὁ δικαστὴς τὰ δίκαια ἐ. τοῖς ἐντευξομένοις Ph.2.345; Ἀττικὰ ἐ. τὰ νάματα [τῇ ψυχῇ] Him.Ecl.32.6:—Pass., J.BJ4.8.3; of the body by nourishment, Ti.Locr.102b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 904] bewässern, benetzen, Tim. Locr. 102 b; Arr. An. 4, 6, 11 ὁ ποταμὸς τὴν χώραν; übertr., ἀρεταῖς τὴν ψυχήν Luc. Gymn. 26.