ἰοβαφής
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 (LSJ)
ές,
A violetcoloured, Democr.Eph.1; of water, Ath.2.42e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1255] ές, veilchen-, dunkelfarbig; καὶ πορφυρᾶ ἱμάτια Democr. bei Ath. XII, 525 c; auch vom Meere, II, 42 c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰοβᾰφής: -ές, ἔχων τὸ χρῶμα τοῦ ἴου, Δημόκρ. Ἐφέσ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 525C· ἐπὶ ὕδατος, Ἀθήν. 42Ε· ― ἰοβάφῐνος, ον, ἐν Νικήτ. Χρον. 9. 12.
