Ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → Sile, melius vel loquere silentio → Was besser ist als Schweigen, sage oder schweig
dull, slow: P. and V. σκαιός, νωθής, ἀμαθής, ἀφυής, P. βλακικός, see dull.
not eager: P. ἀπρόθυμος, ὀκνηρρός.
I am backward in the customs of the Greeks: V. λέλειμμαι τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν νόμων (Euripides, Helen 1246).
