εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
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.