ἔκπαλαι
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)
Adv. for ἐκ πάλαι,
A for a long time, Ph.1.323, 2 Ep.Pet. 3.5, J.AJ16.8.4, Plu.2.548d, Plot.6.4.14, POxy.938.3 (iii/iv A.D.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 771] d. i. ἐκ πάλαι, seit langer Zeit, Plut. Aristid. 17 u. öfter.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔκπᾰλαι: ἐπίρρ. ἀντὶ ἐκ πάλαι, ἐκ παλαιοῦ, ἀπὸ πολλοῦ χρόνου, Πλουτ. 2. 548D, κτλ.
