καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
mēlŏpĕpo: ōnis, m., = μηλοπέπων,
I an apple-shaped melon, cucumber-melon, not eaten till fully ripe, Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 67.