ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
apresurarse διακατασπεύσαντες τοῦ πολεμεῖν ἀπήρξαντο Rom.Mel.58.ιεʹ.9.