οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
of pitch: V. πισσήρης.
resinous wood: P. δᾷς (Thuc. 7, 53).