ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
roost on a perch: Ar. ἐπὶ ξυλοῦ καθεύδειν (Nubes 1431).
P. and V. καθῆσθαι, καθίζειν, Ar. and V. ἕζομαι; see settle.
perch upon: Ar. ἐφέζεσθαι (dat.).
