πτωχεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">beggary, mendicity</b>, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>936b</span>; εἰς π. καταστάντες <span class="bibl">Lys.32.10</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>618a</span>: prov., πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>549</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">poor relief</b>, Cod.Just.1.3.41.23. [[πτωχεῖον]], τό, <b class="b2">poorhouse</b>, ib.1.2.15.1 (pl.), <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Aed.</span>5.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>187.22</span>; written πτωχῖον, <span class="title">MAMA</span>3.783; Lat.<b class="b2">ptochium</b>, Cod.Just.1.3.48.1.</span>