Σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → Sometimes silence is preferable to words → Est ubi loquelā melius est silentium → Das Schweigen ist dem Reden manchmal vorzuziehn
ab-normis: e, adj. norma, v. ab, III. 1.,
I deviating or departing from a fixed rule, irregular, abnormal: abnormis sapiens, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3 (i. e. qui in nullius verba juravit, belongs to no distinct sect or party, cf. Cic. Lael. 5, 18: ad istorum normam sapientes).