τὴν οἴησιν ἔλεγε προκοπῆς ἐγκοπήν → he used to say, Opinion forming is the stoppage of progress
ἀλσαῖος: -α, -ον, ἀνήκων εἰς ἄλσος, Κ. Μανασσ. Χρον. 55.
