πρόσπτωσις
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)
εως, ἡ, falling or lying against, Hp.Nat.Mul.44; impact, αἱ τοῦ ῥοῦ π. D.S.3.44; πνεύματος Placit.4.16.1; φωνῆς Phld. Mus.p.50K., cf. Thphr.Vent.21, Sor.Fract.3 (πρόπτ- cod.), Gal.8.712, etc.; pressure of bandages, Id.18(1).770.
German (Pape)
[Seite 779] ἡ, das Fallen od. Stoßen wogegen; Plut. plac. phil. 4, 16; Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πρόσπτωσις: ἡ, τὸ προσπίπτειν ἢ προσκρούειν πρός τι, Ἱππ. 579. 33· αἱ τοῦ ῥοῦ πρ. Διόδ. 3. 44· πνεύματος Πλούτ. 2. 901F, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. π. Ἀνέμ. 21, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
choc, heurt.
Étymologie: προσπίπτω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πρόσπτωσις: εως ἡ досл. падение, перен. напор (πνεύματος Plut.; αἱ τοῦ ῥοῦ προσπτώσεις Diod.).
