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ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sprētor: ōris, m. id.,
I a despiser, disdainer, scorner, contemner (poet. and very rare): deorum, Ov. M. 8, 613: morarum, Nemes. Cyn. 79: matronalium amplexuum, App. M. 3, p. 137, 39.