Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
lĕpis: ĭdis, f., = λεπίς,
I a scale (pure Lat. squama): similiter squamae aeris, quam vocant lepida, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.