οἱ πάλαι
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
one's ancestors, one's forefathers, one's progenitors, the ancients
