πένεσθαι

From LSJ

κεντέω τὸν πῶλον περὶ τὴν νύσσαν → of impetuous haste, goad the foal around the turning post

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also πένομαι): lack, be deficient in, be in need, be poor in, be poor

Lexicon Thucydideum

pauperem esse, to be poor, 2.40.1.