εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
request: P. δέησις, ἡ.
beggary: Ar. and P. πτωχεία, ἡ.
begging off: P. παραίτησις, ἡ.
collect by begging, verb transitive: P. and V. ἀγείρειν.