ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
V. ἀμάξιτος, ἡ (also Xen. with ὁδός), V. ἁμαξήρης τρίβος, ὁ or ἡ.