Endymion
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἐνδυμίων, -ωνος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Endymĭon: ōnis, m., = Ἐνδυμίων,
I a beautiful youth of Mount Latmos, in Caria, who, on account of his love for Juno, was condemned by Jupiter to perpetual sleep. While in this state Luna fell violently in love with him, Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92: Endymionis somnus, i. e. perpetual sleep, id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Prop. 2, 15, 15 (3, 7, 15 M.); Ov. A. A. 3, 83 al.—
B Transf., a beautiful, beloved youth in gen., Juv. 10, 318; App. M. 1, p. 107.—
II Hence, Endy-mĭōnēus, a, um, adj., of Endymion: sopores, Aus. Idyll. 6, 41.
