πρὸς ὀλίγον ἡσθεὶς ναυτιᾷ → having been delighted a very little while, he is nauseated
lexis: ĕos (I acc. plur. -eis), f., = λέξις>, a word (ante-class. and post-Aug.): quam lepide lexeis compostae! Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Charis. 249; 251 P.
