ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
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.).