φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth
prae-trĕpĭdans: antis, Part. trepido,
I trembling greatly, very hasty or impatient (poet.): mens praetrepidans avet vagari, Cat. 46, 7.
prætrĕpĭdāns, tis, très agité [fig.] : Catul. 46, 7.