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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 16:15, 8 July 2020
English (LSJ)
ὁ, an official at Thera, Test.Epict.8.15. (Perh. fr. ψέφω, lit.
A supervisor):—the Verb [ἐπις] οφεύω is prob. in IG9(1).691.15 (Corc., iii B.C.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίσσοφος: ὁ, ἄρχων ἔν τισι Δωρ. πόλεσιν ἐκλεγόμενος ὡς πρόεδρος τῆς ἐκκλησίας, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2448 VIII. 16 κἑξ. ― Ἴδε Lexicographical Study of Greek. Inscr. by H. M. Searles. ἐν λέξει.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of an official (Thera, Schwyzer 227, 199)
Derivatives: Perh. [ἐπι]σοφεύω (IG IX 1, 691, Corcyra).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown.
