ἐν τῷ τὴν μὲν ὡραίην οὐκ ὕει λόγου ἄξιον οὐδέν → in the fact that there is no rain to speak of at the usual season for rain
ἔθορον: ἀόρ. β΄ τοῦ θρώσκω, Ὁμ.