θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → it is grasped only by means of an ignorance superior to intellection, it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
obducto: āre, v. freq. a. id.,
I to lead or conduct in opposition or rivalry to another: nec pol ego patiar ... measque in aedes sic scorta obductarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 46; cf. obduco, I. B. 7.