κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
turĭo: ōnis, m.,
I a shoot, sprout, tendril, young branch of a tree, Col. 12, 50, 5; Apic. 8, 1.