πτωχεῖον

καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Full diacritics: πτωχεῖον	Medium diacritics: πτωχεῖον	Low diacritics: πτωχείον	Capitals: ΠΤΩΧΕΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: ptōcheîon	Transliteration B: ptōcheion	Transliteration C: ptocheion	Beta Code: ptwxei=on

English (LSJ)

τό, poorhouse, Cod.Just. 1.2.15.1 (pl.), Procop. Aed. 5.9, EM 187.22; written πτωχῖον, MAMA 3.783; Latin ptochium, Cod.Just. 1.3.48.1.

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πτωχεῖον: τό, πτωχοκομεῖον, πτωχοτροφεῖον, Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ. 187. 22, Βυζ.

τὸ, Μ
πτωχοκομείο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πτωχός + κατάλ. -εῖον (πρβλ. μαντ-είον)].