κόβειρος
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 1465] ὁ, = Vorigem; Hesych. γελοιαστής, σκώπ της, auch λοιδοριστής erkl.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κόβειρος: ὁ, = κόβαλος, «κόβειρος· γελοιαστής, σκώπτης, λοιδοριστὴς» Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
κόβειρος, -ον (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.)
1. γελοίος
2. το αρσ. ως ουσ. ὁ κόβειρος
άνθρωπος που λέει αστεία, σκώπτης.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: γελοιαστής, σκωπτής (`jester, scoffer'), λοιδοριστής.
Other forms: κόβειρα (ntr. pl.) γελοῖα H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Hemberg, Die Kabiren 1950, 326 refers to the grotesque pictures of the Kabeiroi in Thebes. An α can vary with ο in Pre-Greek (Fur. 341-5). So our word is identical with the word Κάβειρος.
