ἀκάμπιος
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 = ἀκαμπής, S.Fr.988:—neut. ἀκάμπιον, τό, in chariotor horse-racing,
A straight course, IG2.966A43, Delph.3(2).38,al., cf. EM45.3.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
1 inflexible S.Fr.988.
2 agon. ὁ ἀ. (sc. δρόμος) carrera lisa, en línea recta competición hípica en diversas modalidades ἵππῳ ἀκάμπιον (ἐνίκησεν) FD 2.42, cf. 38 (II a.C.), ἅρματι ἀ. IG 22.2314.43 (II a.C.), ζεύγει ἀ. SEG 41.115.1.15 (Atenas II a.C.), συνωρίδι ἀ. SEG 41.115.2.48 (Atenas II a.C.), ἀ.· ὁ ἐπ' εὐθείας δρόμος καὶ περίπατος Phot., cf. EM α 613.
Greek Monolingual
ἀκάμπιος, -ον (AM)
χωρίς καμπές, ίσιος (δρόμος).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀ- στερητ. + καμπή.
