ξίμβαι

δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet

Greek Monolingual

ξίμβαι (Α)
(αιολ. τ.) (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ῥοιαί».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πιθ. δάνεια λ., άγνωστης προέλευσης].