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)
ŏpŏpănax: ăcis, m., = ὀποπάναξ,
I the juice of the herb panax, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264.
ŏpŏpănax, ăcis, m. (ὀποπάναξ), opopanax, suc de la plante nommée panax : Plin. 20, 264.