εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → a way of life disposed to silence is contemptible (Menander)
ancĭpes: v. anceps.
1 * ancīsus (amc-), a, um qs. part. of ancido, cut around or away: omnia ancisa recenti Volnere, every part cut with fresh wounds, Lucr. 3, 660.