Fonds

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

Source

German > Latin

Fonds, caput. sors. vivum (das Grundvermögen, von dessen Interessen etwas bestritten wird, s. »Kapital« den Untersch.). – subsidium (die Geldquelle, aus der eine Kasse etc. die nötigen Gelder schöpft; auch übtr., subsidia industriae). – copiae (Geldvorräte, Geldmittel). – instrumenta,n. pl. (bildl., gleichs. die Werkzeuge, s. Cic. Cat. 2, 9: industriae subsidia atque instrumentavirtutisin libidine audaciaque consumere). – den F. angreifen, de vivo detrahere.