καὶ τί μέτρον...; for this καί prefixed to an indignant question, cp. 263 (n.): 1247: 462.— κακότατος is better attested than κακότητος here. In 521, too, the MSS. give κακότατ̓. Cp. 134 n.

φέρε in the sense of φέρ᾽ εἰπέ: so Ar. 541 ff. φέῤ, εἰ Λακεδαιμονίων τις κ.τ.λ. | καθῆσθ᾽ ἂν ἐν δόμοισιν;

ἐπὶ τοῖς φθ., in their case: for the prep., cp. 829 n.