πτωχεία

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English (LSJ)

Ion. πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ,

   A beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται Hdt.3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν Pl.Lg.936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες Lys.32.10: pl., Pl.R.618a: prov., πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή Ar.Pl.549.    II poor relief, Cod.Just.1.3.41.23. -εῖον, τό, poorhouse, ib.1.2.15.1 (pl.), Procop.Aed.5.9, EM187.22; written πτωχῖον, MAMA3.783; Lat.ptochium, Cod.Just.1.3.48.1.