κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
squalor: Ar. and P. αὐχμός, ὁ, V. ἀλουσία, ἡ, πίνος, ὁ, P. ῥύπος, τό.
a being polluted: P. μιαρία, ἡ.
Met., pollution: P. and V. μίασμα, τό; see pollution.