βόαξ
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)
ᾱκος, ὁ, Ion. βόηξ, contr. βῶξ, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356a, Arist.HA610b4, Gp.20.7.1:—a
A grunting fish, sacred to Hermes, called from the sound it makes, Box boops, Epich.29, Ar.Fr.475, Numen. ap. Ath.7.286f, Speus.ibid.; cf. βόωψ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 450] ακος, ὁ, ein Fisch, comic. Ath. VII, 286 f. zusammengezogen βῶξ, vgl. Arist. H. A. 9, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόαξ: -ᾱκος, ὁ, συνηρ. βῶξ (Δίφυλ. Σιφν. παρ' Ἀθην. 356Α), εἶδος ἰχθύος ἱεροῦ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ, κληθείς οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἤχου (μπὸξ) ὃν ἐκπέμπει, Ἐπίχαρμ. 10 Ahr., Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 400, ἴδε Ἀθήν. 286 κἑξ.
