ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
flēbĭlĕ¹⁶ (flebilis), adv., d’une manière triste, tristement : Ov. Rem. 36 ; Sil. 7, 648.
flebile ADV :: lamentably, dolefully, tearfully