ἀρετὰ γὰρ ἐπαινεομένα δένδρον ὣς ἀέξεται → for virtue that is praised grows like a tree, praised virtue will grow like a tree
scĭda: or schĕda, ae, f., = σχίδν, σχέδη,>
I a strip of papyrus bark, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—Form scheda, a leaf or sheet of paper, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 7; id. Fam. 15, 16, 1; Quint. 1, 8, 19; Mart. 4, 89, 4 (form scheda; al. scida).