κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
αὐτόκομος, -ον (Α) κόμη
(για δέντρα) μαζί με την κόμη, το φύλλωμα.