all' ou daitos erātou erga memēlen, alla liēn mega pēma, diotrephes, eisorōntes deidimen; en doi^ei de saōsemen ē apolesthai
not the works of a delightful feast are now our care, but a most great woe, we tremble watching, and in doubt whether to save or to perish
Source Homer, Iliad / Odyssey (paraphrase)
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Etymology
Patroclus to Achilles, Iliad 9.228 or Odyssey 9.5; in fact closer to Odyssey 9.230 / Iliad 9.228.