τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
μηλοβότας 1 shepherd μισθὸς γὰρ ἄλλοις ἄλλος ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἀνθρώποις γλυκύς, μηλοβότᾳ τ ἀρότᾳ τ ὀρνιχολόχῳ (I. 1.48)
