ψιάθιον
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 ψίαθος, Philem.26, interpol. in Dsc.5.88: perhaps rushbasket, ψιέθιν (sic) ψωμίων ᾱ POxy.1923.7 (v/vi A. D.): τὰ αἱροῦν ὑμῖν ψιάθια (ψαίθια Pap.) εἰς τὸν κατανγισμὸν τοῦ ἄνθρακος PBaden29.7 (v A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1399] τό, dim. von ψίαθος, eine kleine Binsenmatte od. Matratze, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ψιάθιον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ ψίαθος, «σκαμπόδιον ἓν καὶ κώδιον καὶ ψιάθιον ἴσως παλαστῆς» Φιλήμων ἐν «Ἐφεδρίταις» 1, Διόσκ. 5. 103.
