ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great
ăpŏphăsis: is, f., = ἀπόφασις (denial), rhet. fig.,I whereby one, as it were, answers himself, Jul. Rufin. 8.
ăpŏphăsis, is, f. (ἀπόφασις), négation : Isid. Orig. 2, 27, 3.