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)
father: P. and V. πατήρ, ὁ, γεννήτωρ, ὁ (Plato); see father.
of animals: P. and V. ὁ ἄρσην (lit. the male).
stallion: P. and V. ὀχεῖον, τό (Aesch., Fragment).