τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων → but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars
spelta: ae, f.,
I spelt: totidem speltas, i. e. grains of spelt, Rhemn. Fann. Pond. 10; Hier. in Ezech. 1, 4, 9.