ἀπινύσσω
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)
(πινυτός)
A lack understanding, δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od.5.342, 6.258; κῆρ ἀπινύσσων, of one lying senseless, Il.15.10; cf. Apollon.Lex. s.v. ἀπινυτέω.
German (Pape)
[Seite 291] (πινυτός, πινύσσω, πνέω, πεπνυμένος), Hom. dreimal, δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od. 5, 342. 6, 258, du scheinst mir nicht unverständig zu sein, Homerisch = du scheinst mir sehr verständig zu sein; Iliad. 15, 10 κῆρ ἀπινύσσων, besinnungslos; Aristophanes Byz. las ἀπινύσκων, Andere κῆρα πινύσσων, »den Tod erwartend«, Aristarch κῆρ ἀπινύσσων, was er unter Berufung auf Od. 5, 342. 6, 258 = τὸ κέαρ ἀπινυτῶν erklärte, s. Scholl. Aristonic., Didym., Herodian., vgl. Apoll. lex. Hom. 38, 27.
