ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο → fighting is what she can't do, for if she should fight she would shit
choice: P. and V. αἵρεσις, ἡ.
in preference to, prep.: P. and V. πρό (gen.), V. πρόσθε (gen.), πάρος (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.); see before.