ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
bombȳcĭae hărundĭnes: = βομβυκίας κάλαμος (Theophr. H. P. 4, 12),
I reeds suitable for flutes, βόμβυξ (v. Lid. and Scott, s. v.), Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 170.