πένης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ητος, ὁ, ([[πένομαι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who works for his living]], [[day-labourer]], [[poor]] man, opp. [[πλούσιος]], <span class="bibl">Democr.283</span>; opp. [[δυνάμενος]], <span class="bibl">Archyt.3</span>; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος... ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φειδόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span> 553</span>; οἱ π. αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.133</span>, <span class="bibl">2.47</span>; πλούσιος ἐκ πένητος <span class="bibl">Lys.1.4</span>; πένητες ἄνθρωποι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.51</span>; οἷ' <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ πένης</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>584</span>; πένης [[ἵππος]] <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Oec.</span> 11.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, π. δόμοι <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">El.</span>1139</span>: c. neut., <b class="b3">ἐν πένητι σώματι</b> ib. <span class="bibl">372</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">χρημάτων πένητες</b> [[poor in]] [[money]], ib.<span class="bibl">38</span>; π. φίλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>332c</span>; π. [[ἀπολογία]]ς <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Apol.</span> 11</span>: Comp. πενέστερος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>1.13</span>: Sup. πενέστατος <span class="bibl">D.21.123</span>.</span>