πικρὸν με ἀπαιτεῖς ἐνοίκιον → you ask too much of me, you demand a bitter rent from me
dēgrădō, āre, tr., dégrader, priver de son rang : Cod. Just. 1, 31, 3.
dē-grado, āvi, āre (de u. gradus), herabsetzen, degradieren, Eccl. u. spät. ICt.