τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
alburnus: i, m. id.,
I a white fish, prob. the bleak or blay, Aus. Mos. 126.
(1) alburnus, ī, m., ablette : Aus. Mos. 126.