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)
rĕpărātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a restorer, renovator: aevi, Stat. S. 4, 1, 11: ORBIS, Inscr. Orell. 1103.