ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
inter-bīto: ĕre, v. n. beto, i. q. intereo,
I to perish, come to naught: ne interbitat quaestio, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 47.
interbītō, ĕre, intr., c. intereo, mourir : Pl. Most. 1096.
