πενία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, ἡ, (πένομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">poverty, need</b>, πενίῃ εἴκων <span class="bibl">Od.14.157</span>; <b class="b3">οὐλομένην π</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>717</span>; στάσις πενίας δότειρα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>109.5</span>; τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. σύντροφός ἐστι, . . [ἀρετῇ] δὲ διαχρεωμένη τὴν πενίην ἀπαμύνεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.102</span> ; τῆς πτωχείας πενίαν φαμὲν εἶναι ἀδελφήν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>549</span> ; <b class="b3">π. δὲ σοφίαν ἔλαχε διὰ τὸ συγγενές</b> (v.l. [[δυστυχές]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>641</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐν πενίᾳ εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>613a</span> ; εἰς π. πολλὴν καὶ ἀπορίαν καταστῆναι <span class="bibl">And.1.144</span> : pl. πενίαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>353d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>618a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">lack, need</b>, τινος <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Πενία</b> personified, <span class="title">Poverty</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 203b</span>.</span>