χερμάζω
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
English (LSJ)
clear a field of stones, Hsch. s.v. ἐχερμάζομεν.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1350] Kiesel od. Feldsteine werfen. – Bei Hesych. aber erkl. τὴν γῆν ἐργάζομαι.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χερμάζω: ἐκρίπτω τὰς χερμάδας ἔξω τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καθαρίζω αὐτὸν πρὸς καλλιέργειαν, ἢ καλλιεργῶ, «ἐχερμάζομεν· τὴν γῆν εἰργαζόμεθα» Ἡσύχ.
