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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

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Greek Monolingual

ο (Α ὀστρακίτης)
νεοελλ.
απολίθωμα οστράκου που αποτελείται από ανθρακικό ασβέστιο
αρχ.
1. ως επίθ. οστράκινοςὀστρακίτης λίθος», Διοσκ.)
2. ο λίθος οστρακίας
3. είδος πίτας
4. είδος φιδιού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὄστρακον + επίθημα -ίτης (πρβλ. ξυλ-ίτης)].