ταῦτα δηλώσω αὐτός τε νοσήσας καὶ αὐτὸς ἰδὼν ἄλλους πάσχοντας → I shall describe those symptoms, since I myself had the disease and witnessed as well what others were suffering
See carousal.
P. and V. κωμάζειν, πίνειν; see feast.
