Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
sub-tristis: e, adj.,
I somewhat sad or sorrowful (ante- and post-class.): subtristis visus est mihi, Ter. And. 2, 6, 16; Hier. Ep. 107, 9.—Comp.: cera subtristior, Hier. Ep. 60, 1.
subtrīstis, e, un peu triste : Ter. Andr. 447.
