ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
trĭorches: ae, m., = τριόρχης (having three testicles),
I a kind of falcon, the buzzard: Falco buteo, Linn.; Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21; 10, 74, 95, § 204.
