πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
pretence: P. προσποίησις, ἡ.
over-refinement: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plato).