ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
per-tristis: e, adj.,
I very sad or mournful.
I Lit.: carmen, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14.—
II Transf., very austere or morose: patruus, Cic. Cael. 11, 25.
pertrīstis,¹⁶ e, très sinistre : Cic. Div. 1, 14
