sophos
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŏphōs: adv., = σοφῶς, an exclamation of applause,
I well done! well said! bravo! (not ante-Aug.; Cic. has, instead of it, bene!): at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, Mart. 3, 46, 8; 1, 50, 37; 1, 67, 4; 1, 77, 10; Petr. 40, 1; Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm.
sŏphos: or sŏphus, i, m., = σοφός,
I a wise man, sage: te sophos omnis amat, Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Adjectively, wise, shrewd: victor sophus, Phaedr. 3, 14, 9: factus periclo tum gubernator sophus, id. 4, 15, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) sŏphos (-us), ī, m. (σοφός), sage : Mart. 7, 32, 4.
(2) sŏphōs, adv. (σοφῶς), bravo ! très bien ! || subst. n., applaudissement, un bravo : Mart. 1, 49, 37 ; 3, 46, 8.
