εὖ γοῦν θίγοις ἂν χερνίβων → well could you, of course, handle holy vessels
chĕlīdŏnĭas: ae, m., = χελιδονίας (pertaining to the swallow),I the west wind, blowing after the 22d of Feb. (after the arrival of the swallows), Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122.
