κρεῖττον σιωπᾶν ἐστιν ἢ λαλεῖν μάτην → it's better to keep silence than to speak without reason (Menander)
flammĭger: gĕra, gĕrum, adj. flamma + gero,
I flame-bearing, flaming, fiery (poet.): ales, i. e. the eagle, Stat. Th. 8, 676: sol, Val. Fl. 5, 582; cf. Titan, Luc. 1, 415: zona, Claud. Idyll. 4, 9.