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
Strang, s. Strick. – Bildl., wenn alle Stränge reißen, si res postulaverit; necessitate urgente – strangulieren, strangulare.