ἵνα οὖν μηδ' ἐν τούτῳ δῷ αὐτοῖς λαβήν (Photius, Fragments on the Epistle to the Romans 483.26) → so that he doesn't give them even here a handle (= an opportunity for refutation)
clay, mud: P. and V. πηλός, ὁ, βόρβορος, ὁ.
dirt: V. λύματα, τά.