οὐ γὰρ ἂν τό γε πραχθὲν ἀγένητον θείη → since he cannot make what was done as though it had not come to pass
Mücke, culex. – Sprichw., aus einer M. einen Elefanten machen, arcem facere e cloaca (Cic. Planc. 95); e rivo flumina magna facere (Ov. ex Pont. 2, 5, 22.).
