πικρὸν με ἀπαιτεῖς ἐνοίκιον → you ask too much of me, you demand a bitter rent from me
disminuir ὅσον ἐὰν λάβῃς, οὐκ ἀπομειοῦνται τὸ ῥεῦμα Basil.M.31.1484A, en v. pas. τὰ τέλη ἀπομειωθῆναι IEphesos 38.7 (V d.C.).