by pushing and scrambling he got round unobserved

From LSJ

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)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

χαλεπῶς καὶ μόλις περιελθὼν ἔλαθε

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