agoranomus

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τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăgŏrānŏmus: i, m., = ἀγορανόμος> (clerk of the market),
I a Grecian magistrate, who had the inspection of provisions, and their purchase and sale; the Aedilis plebis of the Romans, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43; so id. Curc. 2, 3, 6.