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)
lāterna: v. lanterna.
lāterna¹⁴ ou lanterna, æ, f., lanterne : Pl. Amph. 149 ; Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5 ; Juv. 5, 88 ; Plin. 11, 49.