κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
fūtis: is, f. id.; cf. futtilis,
I a watervessel, a pitcher: vas aquarium vocant FUTIM, quod in triclinio allatam aquam infundebant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.