Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
-κος, ὁdud., quizá toldo β. Νωρικὸς κάλλιστος DP 19.56, cf. 58.