ἐκπνευματόω
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)
A turn into vapour, Arist.Pr.866a3, Thphr. ap. Plu.2.292d ; fan into wind, prob. in Epicur.Ep.2p.48U.:—Pass., to be so turned, Arist.Pr.897b1, al. II deflate, metaph., οἴημα, τῦφον, Plu.2.39d. III in Pass., to be inflated, Thphr.CP4.9.3: metaph., ὑπὸ κτήσεως Phld.Vit.p.27J.
German (Pape)
[Seite 774] 1) in Luft od. Wind verwandeln, Theophr. bei Plut. qu. gr. 7. – 2) auslüften, übtr. austreiben, τῦφον Plut. de audit. 4. – 3) durch Wind in Bewegung setzen, aufblähen, Arist. probl. 5, 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκπνευματόω: μεταβάλλω εἰς πνεῦμα, ἀτμὸν ἢ ἀέριον, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 1. 53, Θεόφρ. παρὰ Πλουτ. 2. 292D. - Παθ., μεταβάλλομαι εἰς ἀτμόν, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 10. 54., 26. 33., 33. 15, κ. ἀλλ. ΙΙ. κάμνω ἢ ἀφίνω νὰ ἐξέλθῃ ὁ ἀήρ, ὡς π.χ. ἐκ κύστεως ἢ ἀσκοῦ, Πλούτ. 2. 39D. ΙΙΙ. ἐν τῷ παθ., φουσκώνομαι διὰ τοῦ φυσήματος, Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 4. 9, 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
1 changer en vapeur, faire évaporer;
2 chasser l’air (d’une vessie, etc.).
Étymologie: ἐκ, πνεῦμα.