backbone
From LSJ
Τὸ κέρδος ἡγοῦ κέρδος, ἂν δίκαιον ᾖ → Lucrum esse lucrum crede, si iustum est lucrum → Gewinn sei dir Gewinn, wenn er auf Recht beruht
Τὸ κέρδος ἡγοῦ κέρδος, ἂν δίκαιον ᾖ → Lucrum esse lucrum crede, si iustum est lucrum → Gewinn sei dir Gewinn, wenn er auf Recht beruht
spine: P. and V. ῥάχις, ἡ (Plato), σφόνδυλοι, οἱ (Plato), V. ἄκανθα, ἡ, νωτιαῖα ἄρθρα, τά.
of the backbone: P. and V. νωτιαῖος.
a farmer, one of those that are the backbone of the land: V. αὐτουργὸς, οἵπερ καὶ μόνοι σώζουσι γῆν (Euripides, Orestes 920).