κυαμίτις

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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get

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Greek Monolingual

κυαμῑτις, -ιδος, ἡ (Α)
(ενν. αγορά) τόπος αγοράς κυάμων στην αρχαία Αθήνα («ἐπὶ τὴν κυαμῑτιν πορευομένοις, κατὰ τὴν ἱερὰν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπ' Ἐλευσῑνα», Πλούτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κύαμος + κατάλ. -ῖτις (πρβλ. καλαμ-ῖτις, σησαμ-ῖτις)].