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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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
strike: P. and V. κρούειν, τύπτειν, κόπτειν, συγκόπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops 228), πατάξαι (1st aor. of πατάσσειν), Ar. and V. παίειν (rare P.), θείνειν, ἀράσσειν.
be beaten: use also P. and V. πληγῆναι, 2nd aor. pass. of πλήσσειν, Ar. and P. πληγὰς λαμβάνειν.
strike noisily: P. and V. κροτεῖν.
beat to death: P. ἀποτυμπανίζειν.
conquer: P. and V. νικᾶν, χειροῦσθαι.
excel: P. and V. ὑπερβάλλειν, κρατεῖν (gen.).
verb intransitive
of the pulse, etc.: P. σφύζειν, P. and V. πηδᾶν.
beat the breast: P. and V. κόπτεσθαι (absol.).
beat off: P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν or mid., ἀμύνεσθαι. P. ἀποκρούεσθαι, ἐκκρούειν; see repulse.
beat a retreat: see retreat.
beat up, procure: P. παρασκευάζεσθαι.
the breath of the horses beat upon them: V. εἰσέβαλλον ἱππικαί πνοαί (Sophocles, Electra 719).
substantive
noise of the foot, etc.: P. and V. κρότος, ὁ.
of the heart: V. πήδημα, τό. P. πήδησις, ἡ.
rhythmic motion: V. πίτυλος, ὁ.
with beat of plashing oar: V. κωπῆς ῥοθιάδος συνεμβολῇ (Aesch., Persae 396).
