τὴν ἐρημίαν τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν → seeing that there would be none to hinder him
narthex: ēcis, m., = ὁ νάρθηξ,I the shrub ferula, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.
narthēx, ēcis, f. (νάρθηξ), férule [arbrisseau] : Plin. 13, 123.