Clitumnus
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)
Clītumnus: i, m.,
I a small river in Umbria, celebrated in ancient times, whose source received divine homage as Juppiter Clitumnus, now Clitunno or la Vene, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 1; 8, 8, 5; Verg. G. 2, 146 Serv. et Heyne; Prop. 2 (3), 19, 25; Sil. 4, 547; 8, 453; Suet. Calig. 43.—Hence, Clītum-nus, a, um, adj., of Clitumnus: Clitumna novalia, Stat. S. 1, 4, 128.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Clītumnus,¹³ ī, m., le Clitumne [rivière de l’Ombrie] : Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 8, 5 || -nus, a, um, du Clitumne : Stat. S. 1, 4, 128.
Latin > German (Georges)
Clītumnus, ī, m., ein bei den Alten sehr berühmtes Flüßchen in Umbrien (dessen Quelle als Iuppiter Clitumnus göttlich verehrt wurde), mit herrlichen Rindertriften an den Ufern, j. Clitunno, Plin. ep. 8, 8. Suet. Cal. 43. Verg. georg. 2, 146. Iuven. 12, 13. – Dav. Clītumnus, a, um, klitumnisch, novalia, Stat. silv. 1, 4, 128.
