σκωληκοτόκος
From LSJ
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)
ον, A reproducing by grubs, Id.HA538a25, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 909] Würmer erzeugend, hervorbringend; Arist. H. A. 1, 5; Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκωληκοτόκος: -ον, ὁ τίκτων σκώληκας, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 11, 9, κ. ἀλλ.
Greek Monolingual
-ον, Α
αυτός που γεννά σκουλήκια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σκώληξ, -ηκος + -τόκος (< τόκος < τίκτω), πρβλ. παιδο-τόκος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σκωληκοτόκος: откладывающий личинки (sc. ζῷα Arst.).
