πενιχρός
θοἰμάτιον οὐκ ἀπολώλεκ', ἀλλὰ καταπεφρόντικα → I haven't lost my himation; I've pledged it to Thought | I have not lost my himation, but I've thought it away | I have not lost my himation, but I spent it in the schools
English (LSJ)
ά, όν,
A poor, needy, Od.3.348, Alc.49, Thgn. 165, 181, Sol.4.23, Pi.N. 7.19.—Poet. word, found in Com., as Ar.Pl.976, Philetaer.4, Diod. Com.2.8, in Pl.R.578a, and in later Prose, as PPetr.3p.73 (iii B. C.), Socr. ap. Stob.3.13.64, LXX Ex.22.25, etc.; π. δίαιτα Phld. Oec.p.48 J.: Comp. πενιχρότερος Ph.2.284, Sup. -ότατος Plb.6.21.7. Adv. -χρῶς Arist.Pol.1252b3. [ῐ by nature, Pi. and Ar. Il. cc., also Man.2.416, elsewh. ῑ by position.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 555] wie πένης, arm, dürftig; Od. 3, 348; Ggstz von ἀφνειός, Pind. N. 7, 19; Ar. Plut. 976; ψυχή, Plat. Rep. IX, 578 a; οἱ πενιχρότατοι, Pol. 6, 21, 7; θυσίη, Apollnds 7 (VI, 105); κόμ η, Rufin. 37 (V, 27); a. Sp. – [Man. 2, 416 braucht die mittlere Sylbe kurz.]
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πενιχρός: -ά, -όν, ὡς τὸ πένης, ἄπορος, ἐν ἀνάγκῃ διατελῶν, ἐνδεής, Θεόγν. 165 181, Σόλων 3. 23, Πινδ. Ν. 7. 27· ― ἀρχαία ποιητ. λέξις ἐν χρήσει παρὰ τοῖς κωμ. (ἴδε Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 976, Φιλέταιρον ἐν «Ἀχιλλεῖ» 1, Διόδωρον Σινωπέα ἐν «Ἐπικλήρῳ» 1. 8), παρὰ Πλάτ. Πολ. 578Α, καὶ παρὰ τοῖς μεταγεν. πεζογράφοις. ― Ἐπίρρ., -χρῶς Ἀριστ. Πολιτικ 1. 2, 3
French (Bailly abrégé)
ά, όν :
pauvre, indigent.
Étymologie: πένης.
