βαλλαντιοτόμος
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
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A cutpurse, footpad, Ecphantid.4, TeleclId.15, Aeschin.3.207, v. l. in Pl.R.552d (leg. βαλλαντιᾱτόμοι (βαλ- codd. AF)); τοῖσι βαλλαντιοτόμοις, prob. for τοῖς βαλαντιοτόμοις, Ar.Ra.772.
French (Bailly abrégé)
c. βαλαντιοτόμος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): βαλαντιοτόμος Philostr.VA 4.22
cortabolsas, ratero Ecphantid.5, Telecl.16, Ar.Ra.772, Pl.R.552d, Aeschin.3.207, Philostr.l.c.
Greek Monotonic
βαλλαντιοτόμος: ὁ (τέμνω), αυτός που κόβει μικρά τσαντάκια, βαλ(λ)λάντια, σε Αριστοφ., Πλάτ.
Middle Liddell
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
βαλλαντιοτόμος -ου, ὁ beurzensnijder, dief, zakkenroller.
