Onesicritus
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)
Ŏnēsĭcrĭtus: i, m., = Ὀνησίκριτος,
I an historian, a native of Ægina; he was the chief pilot (praefectus classis) of Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 10, 3; 10, 1, 10; Gell. 9, 4, 3; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ŏnēsicrĭtus,¹⁴ ī, m., Onésicrite [écrivit une histoire d’Alexandre le Grand] : Curt. 9, 10, 3 ; Plin. 6, 81.
