πτωχεία
From LSJ
κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων → good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 812] ἡ, ion. πτωχηΐη, das Betteln; Ar. Plut. 549; Her. 3, 14; εἰς πτωχείαν τὴν ἐσχάτην ἐλθεῖν, in Bettelarmuth, Plat. Legg. XI, 936 b; neben πενίαι καὶ φυγαί, im plur., Rep. X, 618 a.
