ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair
sīmĭŏlus: i, m. dim. simius,I a little ape, as a term of abuse, Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3.