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)
lactĕŏlus: a, um,
I adj. dim. lacteus, white as milk, milk-white (poet.): puellae, Cat. 55, 17: viscus, Aus. Ep. 7, 46: agni, Prud. στεφ. 11, 245.