τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
scirpŭla: vitis,
I a kind of vine, otherwise unknown, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 41; so, uva, Col. 3, 2, 27; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81.
*scirpula, ae. f. :: 葡萄類