Apina

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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ăpĭna: ae, f.,
I a poor and small town in Apulia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 144.—Hence, in the plur.: ăpĭnae, prov. (as tricae, q. v.), trifles, worthless things: apinae tricaeque, Mart. 14, 1, 7; 1, 113, 2 (some regard this form as from ἀφανής, obscure, of no account).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Ăpina, æ, f., nom d’un bourg d’Apulie : Plin. 3, 104.