Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
familiar with: P. and V. ἔμπειρος (gen.); see familiar.
accustomed to: P. συνήθης (dat.), V. ἠθάς (gen.), P. ἐθάς (gen.) (Thuc. 2, 44).