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μηδ᾽ ἀντιποιούμενον τῆς τέχνης ταύτης: pretending to no skill in this art.

μετατιθέναι: to alter.

μειονεκτεῖν: to be stinted. Cf. μεῖον ἕξεις 12. 5.—τὸν ἕνα ψωμὸν κτλ.: to accompany one piece of bread by one of meat.

ὅτε μὴ παρείη: for ὅταν μὴ παρῇ, by assimilation to the mode of the main sentence.

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