Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
einätzen, in Erz, incīdere in aes. – Buchstaben in etwas ei., litterarum formis od. notis alqd compungere.