Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
sēmĭ-orbis: is, m.,
I a half-circle, semicircle, Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4; Amm. 20, 3, 10; 22, 8, 5.
sēmĭorbis, is, m., demi-cercle : Sen. Nat. 1, 8, 4.