ἄθλησις
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)
ἡ,
A contest, combat, esp. of athletes, Plb.5.64.6, SIG1073.24 (Olympia), IG14.1102: pl., Phld.Mus.p.14 K.; κατὰ τὴν ἄ. 'in the athletic world', CPHerm. 119<*>iii 13 (iii A. D.); training, practice, D.S.3.33. 2 generally, struggle, trial, ἄ. ὑπομένειν Ep.Heb.10.32.
German (Pape)
[Seite 47] ἡ, Kampf, Uebung, Polyb. 5, 64, 6; Plut. Th. 10.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄθλησις: ἡ, ἀγών, ἅμιλλα, ἰδίως ἐπὶ ἀθλητῶν, Πολύβ. 5, 64, 6, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5913. 36. 2) καθόλου, ἀγών, δυσχέρεια, δοκιμασία, ἄθλ. ὑπομένειν, Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ἑβρ. ιϳ, 32· περὶ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, Μαρτύριον ἁγ. Ἰγνατ. 4.
