Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
νυχίς: -ίδος, ἡ, τὸ ἁπλοῦν τοῦ παννυχίς, Ἐτυμ. Μ. 333, 25., 518, 36.