τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
Wasserstand, aquarum altitudo. – hoher W., aquarum magnitudo; aquae magnae (großes Wasser, z.B. bis eo anno fuerunt): bei dem etwas höhern W., altiore aquā.