ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
myăces: um, m., = μύακες,
I a kind of sea-mussels, Plin. 32, 9, 31, § 95.
