πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
compĕtens: v. competo.
compĕtēns, entis, part. prés. de competo pris adjt, qui convient, compétent : competens judex Aug. Ep. 251, juge compétent
