βαφεύς
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)
έως, ὁ, (βάπτω)
A a dyer, Pl.R.429d, Diph.72, Plu. Per.12, etc.; the βαφεῖς formed a guild at Thyatira, IGRom.4.1265; also in the νομὸς Ἀρσινοΐτης, PTeb.287.3 (ii A.D.). II gilder, Zos.Alch.p.154B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 440] ὁ, der Färber, Diphil. bei Harpocr.; Plat. Rep. IV, 429 d; von Möris als unattisch neben δευσοποιός verworfen, Plut. Num. 17 u. öfter; Nicarch. 9 (XI, 389).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βᾰφεύς: έως, ὁ, (βάπτω) ὁ βάπτων ἐνδύματα κττ., Πλάτ. Πολ. 429D, Δίφιλ. Συντρ. 1, κτλ.· οἱ βαφεῖς φαίνεται ὅτι εἶχον σύνδεσμον ἐν Θυατείροις, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3496-8, πρβλ. Πράξ. Ἀπ. ιϚ΄, 14, καὶ ἴδε Βοίκχ. ἐν Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3480.
