παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ → having gotten children in secret, he abandons them to die
surdĭtas: ātis,f. surdus,I deafness (rare but ciass.), Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Cels. 6, 7, 7 fin.>