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σύ με μαστροπεύσεις πρὸς τὴν πόλιν → so you intend acting the procurer

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

galba: ae, f. Gallic, perh. kindr. with the Germ. gelb (yellow) or Kalb (calf).
I A small worm, the ash-borer, or the larva of the ash-spinner, Bombyx aesculi, Linn. acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.—
II In the Gallic, i. q. praepinguis, fat paunch, big belly, acc. to Suet. Galb. 3.—
III As a prop. name: Galba, ae, m.
   A Name of a chief of the Suessiones, Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7; 2, 13, 1.—
   B A surname in the gens Sulpicia, Suet. Galb. 3.—So, Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul in 610; v. Sulpicius; and the emperor of the same name, Suet. Galb.; Juv. 8, 5; 222.