πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κρεῖσσον γεγενημένον → the thing worse than one expected
pĭthēcĭum: ĭi, n., = πιθήκιον>.I A little ape, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 42.—II A plant, called also antirrhinon, App. Herb. 86.