ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
ē-lāmentābĭlis: e, adj.,I very lamentable: gemitus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57 Mos. N. cr.