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
ēthĭcus: a, um, (scanned ĕthĭcīs, Prud. Hamart. 583), adj., = ἠθικός>,
I moral, ethic (post-class.): res, ethics, Gell. 1, 2, 4: dictio, which shows the character, Sid. Ep. 8, 11.— Hence adv.: ēthĭcos = ἠθικῶς, morally: dicere, Sen. Contr. 2, 12, 8.