Μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible
Dertōna: ae, f.,
I a city in Liguria, now Tortona, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 5; Vell. 1, 15.