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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ξηραίνω κάτι σταδιακά, σιγά σιγά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + κάρφω «ξηραίνω, μαραίνω»].