μέχρι δὲ τούτου θεοῖσι εἰδέναι χάριν → but until that time he should feel gratitude to the gods
tristĭtas: ātis, f. tristis,I sadness (anteclass.), Pac. ap. Non. 182, 2; so Turp. ib. 182, 4.
trīstĭtās, ātis, f., c. tristitia : Pacuv. 59 ; Turpil. Com. 126.