epīscopum
overseer
epīscopum
overseer
agnoscere
acknowledge; "know at"
iam
already, by now
quod nihil simile fēcissent
"this is why they think they groaned"
quibus
possessive dative
quia dēformis esse truncātus habitū viderētur
causal with a subj. is on the authority of another, not the writer's opinion
habitū
abl. of respect or specification
ageret
deliberative subj. (interrogative+imp. subj.)-what was he to do
cum
cum w/ subjunctive: temporal subjunctive
saeculī
race, generation, age
altus
nourished