ὡς οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → since unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills
ăphaerĕma: ătis, n., = ἀφαίρεμα,I a coarse kind of grits, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 2.