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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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Latest revision as of 13:26, 8 January 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. κόσμιος, εὔκοσμος, κομψός.
in trim, ready: P. and V. ἕτοιμος, εὐτρεπής.
verb intransitive
adorn: P. and V. κοσμεῖν; see adorn.
variegate: P. and V. ποικίλλειν.
keep upright: P. and V. ὀρθοῦν.
for the sake of trimming the balance that he might not strengthen either party by throwing his weight into the scale: P. ἀνισώσεως ἕνεκα ὅπως μηδετέρους προσθέμενος ἰσχυροτέρους ποιήσῃ (Thuc. 8, 87).
trim a lamp: Ar. λύχνον προβύειν (Vespae 249).
Absol., shift from one party to another: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν, αὐτομολεῖν.
