obba
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)
obba: ae, f., a vessel large at the bottom,
I a beaker, noggin; a decanter: obba poculi genus, quod nunc ubba dicitur. Varro: obbas et Cumanos calices, Non. 146, 8 sq.; cf.: obba poculi genus vel ligneum vel ex sparto. Varro (here follows the passage just cited): idem Epistola ad Marullium: utrum meridie an vesperi libentius ad obbam accedas, Non. 545, 2 sq.; Pers. 5, 148; Tert. Apol. 13. (But in Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53, the correct read. is phoba, v. Sillig. ad h. l.)>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) obba,¹⁶ æ, f., sorte de coupe, de pot pour le vin : Varro Men. 114 ; Pers. 5, 148 ; cf. Non. 146, 545 || coupe avec laquelle on faisait des libations aux morts : Tert. Apol. 13.
