πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κρεῖσσον γεγενημένον → the thing worse than one expected
ostrăcĭas: ae, m., and ostrăcītis, ĭdis, f., = οστρακίας, ὀστρακῖτις,I a semigem, prob. hornstone or chalcedony, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177.
