πορνεία
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)
Ion. πορν-είη, ἡ,
A prostitution, Hp.Epid.7.122, etc.; of a man, D.19.200; fornication, unchastity, Ev.Matt.19.9: pl., 1 Ep.Cor. 7.2. II metaph., idolatry, LXX Ho.4.11,al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 684] ἡ, Hurerei, Dem. 19, 200 u. Sp.; bei K. S. Götzendienst.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πορνεία: ἡ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, Δημ. 403. 27, κλπ., Ἑβδ. (Γεν. ΛΗ΄, 24, κλπ.)· «πορνεία ἐστὶ καὶ λέγεται ἡ χωρὶς ἀδικίας ἑτέρου γινομένη τισὶ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἐκπλήρωσις» Γρηγ. Νύσσ. Ἐπιστ. τ. 2. σ. 118, κλπ. 2) ἡ μετὰ τῶν εἰδωλολατρῶν ἐπιμιξία, εἰδωλολατρία, Ἑβδ. (Ἀριθμ. ΙΔ΄, 33 κλπ.).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
prostitution.
Étymologie: πορνεύω.
English (Strong)
from πορνεύω; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry: fornication.
