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|Full diacritics=πτωχεία
|Medium diacritics=πτωχεία
|Low diacritics=πτωχεία
|Capitals=ΠΤΩΧΕΙΑ
|Transliteration A=ptōcheía
|Transliteration B=ptōcheia
|Transliteration C=ptocheia
|Beta Code=ptwxei/a
|Definition=Ion. πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">beggary, mendicity</b>, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>936b</span>; εἰς π. καταστάντες <span class="bibl">Lys.32.10</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618a</span>: prov., πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>549</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">poor relief</b>, Cod.Just.1.3.41.23. <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>, τό, <b class="b2">poorhouse</b>, ib.1.2.15.1 (pl.), <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Aed.</span>5.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>187.22</span>; written πτωχῖον, <span class="title">MAMA</span>3.783; Lat.<b class="b2">ptochium</b>, Cod.Just.1.3.48.1.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0812.png Seite 812]] ἡ, ion. [[πτωχηΐη]], das <b class="b2">Betteln</b>; Ar. Plut. 549; Her. 3, 14; εἰς πτωχείαν τὴν ἐσχάτην [[ἐλθεῖν]], in Bettelarmuth, Plat. Legg. XI, 936 b; neben πενίαι καὶ φυγαί, im plur., Rep. X, 618 a.
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|lstext='''πτωχεία''': Ἰων. -ηίη, ἡ, ([[πτωχεύω]]) τὸ πτωχεύειν, ἐπαιτεῖν, ἡ [[κατάστασις]] τοῦ ἐπαίτου, ἐς πτωχηίην ἀπῖχθαι Ἡρόδ. 3. 14· εἰς ἐσχάτην πτ. ἐλθεῖν Πλάτ. Νόμ. 936B· εἰς πτ. καταστῆναι Λυσ. 898. 9 Reisk.· ἐν τῷ πληθ., Πλάτ. Πολ. 618A· παροιμ., πτωχείας [[πενία]] ἀδελφὴ Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 549.
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{{bailly
|btext=ας (ἡ) :<br />mendicité, pauvreté.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[πτωχός]].
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=from [[πτωχεύω]]; [[beggary]], i.e. [[indigence]] ([[literally]] or [[figuratively]]): [[poverty]].
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{{Thayer
|txtha=πτωχείας, ἡ ([[πτωχεύω]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[beggary]] ([[Herodotus]] 3,14; [[Aristophanes]], [[Plutarch]], 549; [[Plato]], legg. 11, p. 936{b}; [[Lysias]] p. 898,9; [[Aristotle]], [[poet]]. c. 23p. 1459^b, 6).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in the N. T. [[poverty]], the [[condition]] of [[one]] [[destitute]] of [[riches]] and [[abundance]]: opposed to πλουτεῖν, [[πλούσιος]], ἡ [[κατά]] βάθους [[πτωχεία]] (opposed to [[πλοῦτος]]), [[deep]], i. e. [[extreme]] [[poverty]] ([[see]] [[κατά]], I:1b.), Sept. [[chiefly]] for ענִי, [[affliction]], [[misery]].) 
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