| |Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1274</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>444</span>,<span class="bibl">751</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[beggar]], <span class="bibl">Od. 14.400</span>, <span class="bibl">18.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>, etc.; πρὸς γὰρ Διός εἰσιν ἅπαντες ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε <span class="bibl">Od.6.208</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.475</span>; πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>26</span>; π. ἀνὴρ ἀλαλήμενος ἐλθών <span class="bibl">Od.21.327</span>; πτωχοὶ καὶ ἀλήμονες ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">19.74</span>; πτωχοὺς ἀλᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>515</span>; πτωχοῦ βίος ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα, τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φειδόμενον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>552</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], πτωχοῦ πήρη οὐ πίμπλαται <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>360</span>: [[πτωχή]] = [[beggar-woman]], <span class="bibl">Ath.10.453a</span> (so [[πτωχός]] (fem.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>444</span>); χήρα πτωχή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>12.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>5.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>6.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, [[beggarly]], πτωχῷ διαίτῃ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>751</span>; π. στοιχεῖα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Gal.</span>4.9</span>: c. gen., [[beggared of]], [[poor in]], [πηγὴ] π. νυμφῶν <span class="title">AP</span>9.258 (Antiphan.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Comp. πτωχότερος <span class="bibl">Timocl.6.10</span>; [[proverb|prov.]], [[πτωχότερος κίγκλου]] '[[as poor as a church mouse]]', <span class="bibl">Men.221</span>; irreg. [[πτωχίστερος]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>425</span>: Sup. πτωχότατος <span class="title">AP</span>10.50 (Pall.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Adv. [[πτωχῶς]] = [[poorly]], [[scantily]], ἠροτρία π. μέν, ἀλλ' ἀναγκαίως <span class="bibl">Babr.55.2</span>.</span> | | |Definition=πτωχή, πτωχόν, also ός, όν A.''Ag.''1274, S.''OC''444,751:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[beggar]], Od. 14.400, 18.1, Hdt.3.14, etc.; πρὸς γὰρ Διός εἰσιν ἅπαντες ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε Od.6.208, cf. 17.475; πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει Hes.''Op.''26; π. ἀνὴρ ἀλαλήμενος ἐλθών Od.21.327; πτωχοὶ καὶ ἀλήμονες ἄνδρες 19.74; πτωχοὺς ἀλᾶσθαι E.''Med.''515; πτωχοῦ βίος ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα, τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φειδόμενον Ar.''Pl.''552: [[proverb|prov.]], πτωχοῦ πήρη οὐ πίμπλαται Call.''Fr.''360: [[πτωχή]] = [[beggar-woman]], Ath.10.453a (so [[πτωχός]] (fem.), S.''OC''444); χήρα πτωχή ''Ev.Marc.''12.42.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι ''Ev.Matt.''5.3, cf. ''Ev.Luc.''6.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, [[beggarly]], πτωχῷ διαίτῃ S.''OC''751; π. στοιχεῖα ''Ep.Gal.''4.9: c. gen., [[beggared of]], [[poor in]], [πηγὴ] π. νυμφῶν ''AP''9.258 (Antiphan.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Comp. πτωχότερος Timocl.6.10; [[proverb|prov.]], [[πτωχότερος κίγκλου]] '[[as poor as a church mouse]]', Men.221; irreg. [[πτωχίστερος]] [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''425: Sup. πτωχότατος ''AP''10.50 (Pall.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> Adv. [[πτωχῶς]] = [[poorly]], [[scantily]], ἠροτρία π. μέν, ἀλλ' ἀναγκαίως Babr.55.2. |
