σήραμβος
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)
εἶδος κανθάρου, Hsch.
Greek Monolingual
Α
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «εἶδος κανθάρου».
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: εἶδος κανθάρου H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)
Etymology: By Strömberg Wortstud. 23 considered as Laconian for θήραφος spider; for the suffix cf. on κεράμβυξ. -- Furnée 171 compares σίραμφος τὸ ῥύγχος, with a note (114) on η\/ι in Pre-Greek; the σ. would be a snout beetle (on p. 183 I don't find it).
Frisk Etymology German
σήραμβος: {sḗrambos}
Meaning: εἶδος κανθάρου H.
Etymology : Von Strömberg Wortstud. 23 als lakonisch für θήραφος Spinne betrachtet; zum Suffix vgl. zu κεράμβυξ.
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