τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
economy: Ar. and P. εὐτέλεια, ἡ.
frugality: Ar. and P. φειδωλία, ἡ.
to make some retrenchment in government expenses: P. τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν τι εἰς εὐτέλειαν σωφρονίσαι (Thuc. 8, 1).