ἐν καρποῦ συγκομιδῇ ἦσαν

From LSJ

ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο → fighting is what she can't do, for if she should fight she would shit

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

they were engaged in gathering in the harvest