χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ τοὺς τῶν πέλας νόμους → we live under a form of government which does not emulate the institutions of our neighbours
of cloth: V. μαλλός, ὁ, λάχνη, ἡ, Ar. and V. πόκος, ὁ, κρόκη, ἡ.
they are done for, like garments that have lost their nap: V. τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες οἴχονται κρόκας (Eur., Fragment).
