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)
laetans: antis, Part. and P. a., from laetor.
lætāns,¹⁵ tis, p.-adj. de lætor, joyeux : Cic. Clu. 28
