Τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει νοῦν οὐδένα → There is no sense in doing things beyond the usual measure
dis-trunco: āre, v. a.,I to cut to pieces, cut up: ego te hic agnum faciam, et medium distruncabo, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 53.
