τέλεσμα
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
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (τελέω)
A money paid or to be paid, payment, D.S.29.19, Sch.Ar.Ach.615; τ. σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικά OGI669.47 (Egypt, i A.D.), cf. BGU1067.14 (ii A.D.), Cod.Just.10.16.13.6; tax, γῆ καθαρὰ ἀπὸ δημοσίων τ. POxy.1270.40 (ii A.D.); τελεῖν τὰ εὐσεβῆ τ. BGU917.15 (iv A.D.), cf. POxy.1647.45 (ii A.D.), etc.; outlay, IG12 (1).1032.29 (Carpathos, ii (?) B.C.), Supp.Epigr.3.674A16 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), Luc.JTr.11, Sat.35; τελέσμασι τοῖς αὐτῶν at their own expense, SIG581.55 (Crete, iii/ii B.C.). II certified copy, certificate, Jahresh.7 Beibl.44 (Ephesus, i B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1085] (wie τέλος), τό, Zoll, Steuer, Abgabe, Aufwand, Luc. Saturn. 35 u. a. Sp.
