vibia

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Λάλει τὰ μέτρια, μὴ λάλει δ', ἃ μή σε δεῖModestus sermo, et qualis deceat, sit tuus → Sprich maßvoll, spricht nicht aus, was unanständig ist

Menander, Monostichoi, 328

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vĭbĭa: ae, f.,
I a plank, cross-piece supported on trestles (varae) so as to form a bank; hence the proverb: sequitur varam vibia, one error follows another, Aus. Idyll. 12 praef. monos.; v. vara.