ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
[Seite 245] nisten, hecken; Ar. Av. 699; Arist. H. A. 6, 1 u. Sp., wie Luc. V. H. 1, 31.
