Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
sēdāmen: ĭnis, n. sedo, II.,
I a means of allaying, an allayment, sedative: mali (mors), Sen. Hippol. 1188.