πρὸς ὀλίγον ἡσθεὶς ναυτιᾷ → having been delighted a very little while, he is nauseated
P. and V. γενναῖος, εὐγενής (Plato), Ar. and V. ἐσθλός, V. λαμπρὸς ἐς γένος.