οὐ σύ με λοιδορεῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος → it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing (Aesop)
obstinate: P. and V. αὐθάδης; see also disobedient.
unmanageable: P. and V. ἄπορος.