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)
rŭpex: ĭcis, m.,
I a rough, uncultivated man; a boor, rustic, clown (ante- and postclass., and mostly in the plur.), Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, pp. 328 and 329 Müll.; Gell. 13, 9, 5; Tert. Apol. 21 fin.; id. Anim. 6 fin.; in sing., Tert. Pall. 4 (cf. rupico).