chelydrus
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
Latin > English
chelydrus chelydri N M :: venomous water-snake
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
chĕlȳ̆drus: i, m., = χέλυδρος,
I a fetid serpent, living, for the most part, in water, Cels. 5, 27, 8; Verg. G. 3, 415; Ov. M. 7, 272; Luc. 9, 710; Sil. 3, 316; 8, 496; Prud. c. Symm. 1, 130.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
chĕlȳdrus,¹⁵ ī, m., serpent venimeux : Virg. G. 2, 214.
