ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
pŏlentārĭus: a, um, adj. polenta,
I of or belonging to pearl-barley: crepitus, caused by eating pearl-barley, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16: damnum, the loss of a mouthful of pearl-barley, App. M. 6, p. 181, 2.