πένεσθαι
From LSJ
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also πένομαι): lack, be deficient in, be in need, be poor in, be poor
Lexicon Thucydideum
pauperem esse, to be poor, 2.40.1.
