ἀνάγκᾳ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται → but not even gods fight necessity (Simonides, fr. 37.1.29)
ā̆phrŏnī̆trum: i, n., = ἀφρόνιτρον>,I the efflorescence of saltpetre, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 3; Mart. 14, 58.