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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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Revision as of 21:00, 29 December 2020
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A penthouse, mantlet, used in siege-works, Ph.Bel.98.19.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γερροχελώνη: ἡ ἴδε γέρρον, πολιορκητικὴ μηχανὴ ὁμοία χελώνῃ ἐκ γέρρων πεποιημένη, Φίλων ἐν Μαθ. Ἀρχ. σ. 99.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
testudo o mantelete formado por escudos de mimbre colocados sobre las cabezas de los guerreros, Ph.Mech.98.19, Poliorc.199.15.
Greek Monolingual
γερροχελώνη, η (Α)
βλ. γέρρον (4).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < γέρρον + χελώνη.
