intervene
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
lie between: P. and V. ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι, μεταξὺ εἶναι.
before some disaster intervene and overwhelm us: P. πρίν τι ἀνήκεστον διὰ μέσου γενόμενον ἡμᾶς καταλαβεῖν (Thuc. 4, 20).
elapse (of time): P. διαγίγνεσθαι, ἐγγίγνεσθαι.
arbitrate: P. βραβεύειν, διαιτᾶν.
oppose: P. and V. ἀνθίστασθαι; see oppose.
oppose in words: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν.
be an obstacle: P. and V. ἐμποδὼν εἶναι, ἐμποδὼν γίγνομαι, ἐμποδὼν γίγνεσθαι; see prevent.