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)
(see also: κατείργω) confine, exclude, prevent, hem in, lock in, shut in
premere, coercere, to press upon, restrain, 6.6.2,PASS. 1.76.2, 4.98.1. 4.6.1, 6.91.2, 7.57.7.
