πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κρεῖσσον γεγενημένον → the thing worse than one expected
Joppē: or Jŏpē, ēs, f. Ἰόπη,I Joppa, a seaport of Palestine, now Jaffa, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68.—Hence, Joppĭcus, a, um, adj., of Joppa, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70.