confindo
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
con-findo: ĕre,
I v. a., to cleave asunder, divide: tellurem ferro, Tib. 4, 1, 173.