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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)

mūnītor: ōris, m. id.,
I a fortifier, a worker on fortifications, an engineer, miner, etc. (not in Cic. or Cæs.), Tac. A. 1, 64: qui pro munitoribus armati steterant (al. munitionibus), Liv. 7, 23: munitorum numerus, miners, id. 5, 19, 11.—Poet.: Trojae, i. e. Apollo, the builder of the walls of Troy, Ov. H. 5, 139.