πικρὸν με ἀπαιτεῖς ἐνοίκιον → you ask too much of me, you demand a bitter rent from me
from πρό and ἔπω; to say already, to predict: forewarn, say (speak, tell) before. Compare προερέω.
dire par avance, prédire[prés. construit sur προεῖπον, ao. de προλέγω 2]