poverty

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. πενία, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ, P. ἔνδεια, ἡ, ἀχρηματία, ἡ, V. χρημάτων ἀχηνία, ἡ.

poverty is a sad thing: V. κακὸν τὸ μὴ 'χειν (ἔχειν) (Euripides, Phoenissae 405).