ἀλεξίκακος
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 keeping off ill or mischief, μῆτις Il.10.20, cf. Hes.Op.123 (as v.l.), Ar.V.1043, Paus.8.41.8; ῥάμνος Euph.137; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ἐπιστήμης Hierocl.in CA12p.447M.: c.gen., δίψης ἀ. AP6.170 (Thyill.): epith. of Heracles, Luc.Alex..4, etc.; of Hermes, Ar. Pax422; ὦλεξίκακε save the mark! Ar.Nu.1372; of Zeus, Tab.Defix. Aud.26.2 (Crete, iv/iii B. C.), Plu.2.1076b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 93] Unglück abwehrend, μῆτις Il. 10, 20 (ἅπαξ εἰρημ.); – δαίμονες Hes. O. 122, nach Plat. Rep. V, 469 a, wo jetzt ἐπιχθόνιοι steht; Leucothea Philod. 25 (VI, 349) δαἱμων ἀλ., Hercules Luc. Alex. 4 Palld. 1 33 (IX, 441), Apollon Paus. 1, 3, 4, Ζεύς Plut. adv. Stoic. 33; φάρμακα δίψης, den Durst vertreibend, Thall. 3 (VI, 170).
