τευθίδιον
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)
τό, Dim. of τευθίς, Pherecr.130.10, Ephipp.15.4, Eub. 110. [
A -ῐδ- Ephipp. l.c., -ῑδ- Eub. l.c., in almost identical passages, so that Eub. should perh. be emended from Ephipp.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1101] τό, dim. von τευθίς, Pherecrat. bei Ath. VI, 269 e u. Eubul. ib. 311 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τευθίδιον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ τευθίς, Φερεκρ. ἐν «Πέρσαις» 1, 10, Ἔφιππ. ἐν «Ὁμοίοις» ἢ «Ὀβελιαφόροις» 1, 4, Εὔβουλ. ἐν «Τίτθαις» 1. [Περὶ τῆς ποσότητος ἴδε Meineke εἰς Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 3, σ. 335].
