ἀπόμελι
From LSJ
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)
English (LSJ)
ιτος, τό,
A honey-water, an inferior kind of mead, Dsc.5.9. 2 = ὀξύγλυκυ, τό, Antyll. ap. Orib.5.29.8, Philagr.ib.5.17, Gal.6.274.
German (Pape)
[Seite 314] ιτος, τό, eine Art schlechten Meths, Honigwasser, Galen.