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)
old-fashioned: P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός, P. ἀρχαιότροπος.
be effete, v.: P. and V. ἀπειπεῖν.
be relaxed: P. and V. ἀνίεσθαι.
