πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out
pŏdĭa: ae, f.,
I a rope fastened to one of the lower corners of a sail, for the purpose of setting it to the wind; in Engl. nautical lang., a sheet, Serv. Verg. A. 5, 830 (al. podium).