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οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης περιουσίᾳ → neither from lack of knowledge nor from superfluity of modesty
mĕtŭens: Part. and P. a., v. metuo.
mĕtŭēns,¹³ tis, part.-adj. de metuo, qui craint : Hor. S. 2, 2, 110