οἱ τότε ἤρχοντο εἰς τὴν νῆσον → they were then coming to the island
dē-normo: noI perf., ātum, 1, v. a. norma, to disfigure, to make irregular or crooked (very rare): angulus, qui nunc denormat agellum, Hor. S. 2, 6, 9: linea denormata, Auct. de Lim. p. 252 Goes.