poverty
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πενία, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ, P. ἔνδεια, ἡ, ἀχρηματία, ἡ, V. χρημάτων ἀχηνία, ἡ.
poverty is a sad thing: V. κακὸν τὸ μὴ 'χειν (ἔχειν) (Euripides, Phoenissae 405).