κρεῖττον σιωπᾶν ἐστιν ἢ λαλεῖν μάτην → it's better to keep silence than to speak without reason (Menander)
aemŭlo: āre, v. a. An active form for aemulor (q. v.), App. M. 1, p. 112.
æmŭlō, āre, [forme rare Apul. M. 1, 23, v. æmulor.