τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
lygos: i, f., = λύγος,
I a plant, the chaste tree, agnus castus, Abraham's balm (in late Lat. vitex), Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59.