ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
ecthlipsis: is, f., = ἔκθλιψις, gram. t. t.,
I ecthlipsis, the elision of a final m with its vowel before an initial vowel, Diom. 2, p. 436; Charis. 4, p. 249.