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)
rē̆-plexus: a, um, Part. plecto,
I bent or turned back: cauda, Plin. 20, 1, 3, § 7 (Jahn, reflexa).