μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
brontia: v. brontea. ‡† Bronton, ontis, adj., = Βροντῶν (the thunderer),
I an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 34, 5; 17, 12; Inscr. Orell. 1272.