ἀνάγκᾳ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται → but not even gods fight necessity (Simonides, fr. 37.1.29)
sĕcāle: is, n.,I a kind of grain, rye; or, acc. to others, black spelt, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 140.