τριτοβάμων
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
[ᾱ], ον, gen. ονος,
A forming a third foot, βάκτρον E. Tr. 275 (lyr.); cf. τρίπους 11.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρῐτοβάμων: [ᾰ], -ον, ὁ ἀποτελῶν τρίτον πόδα, ἁ τριτοβάμονος χερὶ δευομένα βάκτρου γεραιῷ κάρᾳ; (ὁ Paley ἔχει ἁ τριβάμων κτλ. καὶ ἀποδίδει τὴν λέξιν οὐχὶ εἰς τὸ βάκτρον, ἀλλὰ εἰς τὸν φέροντα τὸ βάκτρον) Εὐρ. Τρῳ. 276· πρβλ. τρίπους ΙΙ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων, ον ; gén. ονος;
qui fait office de troisième pied (bâton).
Étymologie: τρίτος, βαίνω.
