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ξένος ὢν ἀκολούθει τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις νόμοις → as a foreigner, follow the laws of that country | when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Source

Greek Monolingual

θάνατος με ανασκολοπισμό.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σκόλοψ, -οπος «πάσσαλος, παλούκι» + κατάλ. -ηΐς (πρβλ. ζεφυρηΐς)].

German (Pape)

[Seite 902] das Schicksal eines Gespießten, Maneth. 4, 198.