πτωχεύω
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
fut.
A -σω Od. 15.309: Ep. impf. πτωχεύεσκον 18.2:—to be a beggar, go begging, Il.cc.; ἀνὰ δῆμον 19.73, cf. Tyrt.10.4, Ar.Nu.921 (anap.), etc.; ἐπὶ ξενίας Antipho 2.2.9. 2 to be as poor as a beggar, Antiph.322, Pl. Erx.394b. 3 metaph. c. gen., to be badly off for, πραγμάτων, of historians, Plb.7.7.6. II trans., beg (for), δαῖτα Od.17.11, 19. 2 c. acc.pers., ask an alms of, φίλους Thgn.922.
German (Pape)
[Seite 812] betteln; ἀνὰ δῆμον, Od. 19, 73; κατὰ ἄστυ πτωχεύεσκε, 18, 2. – Auch c. accus., erbetteln, ὄφρ' ἂν ἐκεῖθι δαῖτα πτωχεύῃ, 17, 11. 19; – als Bettler angehen, ansprechen, φίλους, Theogn. 918. – Ar. Nubb. 921; u. in Prosa: Antiph. 2 β 6; Plat. Eryx. 394 b; Plut. Flam. 21; Luc. Necyom. 17; – bettelarm sein, Antiphan. in B. A. 112.
