sphondyle

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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sphondylē: sphondylus, i, and sphondylĭon (-um), i, v. spond-.

Latin > German (Georges)

sphondylē, ēs, f. (σφονδύλη), ein unter der Erde lebendes, alle Wurzeln beschädigendes Tier, das, wenn es verfolgt wird, einen Gestank von sich gibt, Plin. 27, 143.