Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
petrītes: ae, m., = πετρίτης (οἶνος),
I a kind of wine, perh. from the city of Petra, in Arabia, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 75.