τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
sūco: (succ-), ōnis, m. sugo,I a sucker; of a usurer, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 13, b, § 5.
sūcō, v. succo.