εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
sarkastisch, acerbus (bitter, z.B. facetiae). – mordax (beißend, von Pers.). – s. über jmd. spötteln, facetiis acerbis irridere alqm.
