λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες → staking distant ventures on nice balancings
āĕtītēs: ae, f., = ἀετίτης (from ἀετός, eagle),I a stone found in the nest of the eagle, eagle-stone, to us unknown, Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 12; 30, 14, 44, § 130.
