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πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention

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|Transliteration C=episteno
|Transliteration C=episteno
|Beta Code=e)piste/nw
|Beta Code=e)piste/nw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">groan</b> or <b class="b2">sigh at</b> or <b class="b2">in answer</b>, ἐπὶ δ' ἔστενε δῆμος <span class="bibl">Il.24.776</span>; ἐπέστενε δ' οὐρανὸς εὐρύς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>679</span>; <b class="b2">lament over</b>, τέκνοις <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Med.</span>929</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>21</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. c.acc., <b class="b2">lament</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>947</span> (lyr.).</span>
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[groan]] or <b class="b2">sigh at</b> or <b class="b2">in answer</b>, ἐπὶ δ' ἔστενε δῆμος <span class="bibl">Il.24.776</span>; ἐπέστενε δ' οὐρανὸς εὐρύς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>679</span>; <b class="b2">lament over</b>, τέκνοις <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Med.</span>929</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>21</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. c.acc., [[lament]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>947</span> (lyr.).</span>
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Transliteration A: episténō Transliteration B: epistenō Transliteration C: episteno Beta Code: e)piste/nw

English (LSJ)

   A groan or sigh at or in answer, ἐπὶ δ' ἔστενε δῆμος Il.24.776; ἐπέστενε δ' οὐρανὸς εὐρύς Hes.Th.679; lament over, τέκνοις E. Med.929, cf. Plu.Caes.21, etc.    2. c.acc., lament, S.Tr.947 (lyr.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 984] = ἐπιστενάζω, Hes. Th. 679; Soph. Tr. 943; τί λίαν τοῖσδ' ἐπιστένεις τέκνοις Eur. Med. 929; auch in Prosa, Plut. Caes. 21, absol., Cat. min. 3 u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπιστένω: στενάζω ἐπί τινι ἢ μετά τι, ὡς ἔφατο κλαίουσ’ ἐπὶ δ’ ἔστενε δῆμος ἀπείρων Ἰλ. Ω. 776, πρβλ. Ἡσ. Θ. 679· τί δὴ τάλαινα τοῖσδ’ ἐπιστένεις τέκνοις; διὰ τί στενάζεις διὰ ταῦτα τὰ τέκνα; Εὐρ. Μήδ. 929, πρβλ. Πλουτ. Καίσ. 21, κλ. 2) μετ’ αἰτ., θρηνῶ, Σοφ. Τρ. 947.

French (Bailly abrégé)

impf. ἐπέστενον;
gémir sur, se lamenter sur, dat. ou acc..
Étymologie: ἐπί, στένω.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπιστένω (AM) στένω
θρηνώ για κάτι («τί δὴ τάλαινα τοῑσδ’ ἐπιστένεις τέκνοις;», Ευρ.)
αρχ.
στενάζω αμέσως μετά («ὡς ἔφατο κλαίουσ’ ἐπὶ δ’ ἔστενε δῆμος ἀπείρων», Ομ. Ιλ.).

Greek Monotonic

ἐπιστένω:1. αναστενάζω, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
2. οδύρομαι, τινί, σε Ευρ.
3. με αιτ., θρηνώ, κλαίω, σε Σοφ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπιστένω: (только praes. и impf. ἐπέστενον) Hes., Soph., Eur., Plut.; Hom. - in tmesi = ἐπιστενάζω.

Middle Liddell


1. to groan or sigh in answer, Il.
2. to lament over, τινί Eur.
3. c. acc. to lament, Soph.