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Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lĕpis: ĭdis, f., = λεπίς,
I a scale (pure Lat. squama): similiter squamae aeris, quam vocant lepida, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.