σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)
ĭambĭcus: a, um, adj., = ἰαμβικός>,I iambic: pes, Diom. p. 473 P.: versus, id. p. 516 sq.; ib. et saep.