ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν λεγόντων δυνάμει τὸ πρᾶγμα καταστῆσαι

From LSJ

Εἴκειν δ' οὐκ ἐπίσταται κακοῖς → You don't know how to yield to your misfortunes

Sophocles, Antigone, 472

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

leave a matter at the mercy of the speakers' capacity