κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
sirpe: is, n. σίλφιον,
I a plant, called also silphium and laser, asafœtida, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 16; Sol. 27, § 48.
