Peloris

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πένης ὢν τὴν γυναῖκα χρήματα λαβὼν ἔχει δέσποιναν, οὐ γυναῖκ' ἔτι → a poor man getting rich turns his wife into his boss, not his wife any more

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pĕlōris: ĭdis, f., = Πελωρίς,
I a promontory on the north-eastern extremity of Sicily, the modern Capo di Faro, Mel. 2, 7, 15; 16: ad Peloridem accedere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 6.