κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
-άω, Α
σπάζω κάτι ελαφρά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + θλῶ «σπάζω, συντρίβω»].