Byblus

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ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Byblus: (-ŏs), i, f., = Βύβλος,
I a very ancient town in Phœnicia celebrated for the worship of Adonis, now Dschebail, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 15.