κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν → ingratitude, a ram butts at those who have brought him up, that's how a ram pays for his upbringing, a ram pays for his upbringing

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κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν (Menander, fr. 804 Körte) → ingratitude, a ram butts at those who have brought him up
(lit. "[that's how] a ram pays for his upbringing")

of ingratitude, because a ram butts at those who have brought him up
Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon (LSJ) s.v. κριός