εὐκοσμία
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)
ἡ,
A orderly behaviour, good conduct, decency, E.Ba.693, X.Cyr.1.2.3, Arist.Pol.1299b16, etc.; τῆς εὐ. τῆς περὶ τὸ θέατρον IG22.354.16 (iv B.C.); εὐ. τοῦ θεάτρου ib. 22.223B8; εὐ. ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἱερόν SIG1007.24 (Pergam., ii B.C.); εὐκοσμία τῶν παίδων Pl.Prt.325d; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐκοσμίας καὶ τῶν παρθένων CIG3185.19 (Smyrna); ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐ. ἄρχων IGRom.4.582 (Aezani).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1075] ἡ, anständiges Betragen, Sittsamkeit u. Bescheidenheit, Plat. Prot. 325 d; der σωφροσύνη entsprechend, Aesch. 1, 22; den νόμοις entggstzt, also gute Ordnung, Dem. 25, 9; vgl. Eur. Bacch. 693; Xen. Cyr. 1, 2, 3 u. Folgde; gute Einrichtung des Staats, Arist. pol. 4, 15.
