πένεσθαι
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
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.
