ὀπτήρ
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)
ῆρος, ὁ, (ὄψ)
A one who looks or spies, spy, scout, Od. 14.261, A.Supp.185, S.Aj.29. II one who has seen, Id.Ichn.77 ; eye-witness, Antipho 5.27, X.Cyr.4.5.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 363] ῆρος, ὁ, der nach Etwas sieht, der Späher; ὀπτῆρας δὲ κατὰ σκοπιὰς ὤτρυνα νέεσθαι, Od. 14, 261. 17, 430; Aesch. Suppl. 182; Soph. Ai, 29; Xen. Cyr. 5, 4, 17 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀπτήρ: -ῆρος, ὁ, (ἴδε ὄψ), ὁ βλέπων ἢ κατοπτεύων, κατάσκοπος, Λατιν. speculator, Ὀδ. Ξ. 261, Ρ. 430, Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκέτ. 185, Σοφ. Αἴ. 29. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ὀπτήρ· ὁρατήρ. ἐπόπτης». ΙΙ. παρὰ πεζογράφοις, αὐτόπτης μάρτυς, Ἀντιφῶν 132. 33, Ξεν. Κύρ. 4. 5, 17.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ὀπτῆρος (ὁ) :
1 observateur, surveillant, espion;
2 témoin oculaire.
Étymologie: ὄψομαι.
