επίστενος

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πένης ὢν τὴν γυναῖκα χρήματα λαβὼν ἔχει δέσποιναν, οὐ γυναῖκ' ἔτι → a poor man getting rich turns his wife into his boss, not his wife any more

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Greek Monolingual

ἐπίστενος, -ον (Α) στενός
αυτός που όσο προχωράει στενεύει («ή ἀορτή... εὖ μάλα κοίλη, προϊοῡσα δὲ ἐπιστενοτέρα», Αριστοτ.).