γῆ θηρίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις σύμμετρος → region more fitting to beasts than men
merto: 1, v. freq. a. mergo, a collat. form of merso,I to immerse, overwhelm (anteclass.): mertat pro mersat dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 14: quos hic non mertet metus, Att. ap. Non. 138, 33; 138, 2.
