χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ τοὺς τῶν πέλας νόμους → we live under a form of government which does not emulate the institutions of our neighbours
See machine.
means, contrivance: P. and V. σόφισμα, τό, πόρος, ὁ.
