πάλαι ποτ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι → the Milesians were mighty once
pandātĭo: ōnis, f. 1. pando,I a warping of wood, Vitr. 7, 1.
pandātĭō, ōnis, f., action de se déjeter, de gauchir [en parl. du bois] : Vitr. Arch. 7, 1, 5.