diminution
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
subs.
On the march he had no diminution of his force, save a slight loss due to sickness, but an increase: P. πορευομένῳ δὲ αὐτῷ ἀπεγίγνετο μὲν οὐδέν τοῦ στρατοῦ εἰ μή τι νόσῳ, προσεγίγνετο δέ (Thuc. 2, 98).
