poverty
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
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).
