poverty
From LSJ
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
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).
