plebiscitum
From LSJ
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
plēbiscītum: (also separately plēbi scītum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58), i. n. (abl. plebis scitu, Decret. ap. Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3) plebs-scitum,
I a decree or ordinance of the people (opp.: senatus consultum), Cic. Dom. 17, 44; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4: plebis scitum igitur est secundum eum Capitonem lex quam plebes, non populus, accipit, Gell. 10, 20, 6; cf. plebs, I., and scitum, s. v. scisco, P. a.
