Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ὁ χρηστὸς φίλος – A true friend is grief's physician.
fictē: adv., v. fingo,I P. a. fin.
fictē¹⁵ (fictus), d’une manière artificieuse, en apparence : Cic. Q. 1, 1, 13 ; Fam. 3, 12, 4.