ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
rārē-făcĭo: (written also separately rārē făcĭo), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. rarus,
I to make thin or rare, to rarefy (Lucret.): rarefieri, Lucr. 1, 648: rarefacta, id. 2, 1139; 3, 442: rareque facit, id. 6, 233; 870.