ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
nip in the bud: P. and V. αἱρεῖν, καθαιρεῖν, ἀναιρέω, ἀναιρεῖν.
nip a conspiracy in the bud: P. καταπαύειν ἐπιβουλήν.
