By this staff, that shall never more put forth leaves or shoots since first it left its stump among the mountains, nor shall it again grow green.
ναὶ μὰ τόδε σκῆπτρον , τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτε φύλλα καὶ ὄζους φύσει , ἐπεὶ δὴ πρῶτα τομὴν ἐν ὄρεσσι λέλοιπεν , οὐ δ' ἀναθηλήσει ·
ναί μά ὅδε σκῆπτρον , ὁ μέν οὐ ποτέ φύλλον καί ὄζος φύω , ἐπεί δή πρῶτος τομή ἐν ὄρος λείπω , οὐ δέ ἀναθηλέω ·