τὸ δανείζεσθαι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀφροσύνης καὶ μαλακίας ἐστίν → being in debt is a mark of extreme folly and moral weakness (Plutarch, On Avoiding Debt 829F3)
ordĭa prīma: for primordia, Lucr. 4, 28.