ο φίλος τον φίλον εν πόνοις και κινδύνοις ου λείπει → a friend does not abandon his friend in difficulties and in danger, a friend in need is a friend indeed
made of bone, adj.: ὀστέϊνος (Plato), Ar. ὄστινος.
bŏnĕ: adv., = bene, formerly read in Lucr. 2, 7; 4, 572; 6, 998, by Gifan. after some ancient MSS.; now replaced by bene.
