τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
spīnĭfer: fĕra, fĕrum, adj. spina-fero,
I thorn-bearing, thorny, prickly: pruni, Pall. Insit. 81: rubus, Prud. Cath. 5, 31: cauda Pistricis, Cic. Arat. 178 (al. spinigera).