Τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει νοῦν οὐδένα → There is no sense in doing things beyond the usual measure
dull, slow: P. and V. σκαιός, νωθής, ἀμαθής, ἀφυής, P. βλακικός, see dull.
not eager: P. ἀπρόθυμος, ὀκνηρός.
I am backward in the customs of the Greeks: V. λέλειμμαι τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν νόμων (Euripides, Helen 1246).
