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πενιχρός

πενιχρός, poor, needy

πενιχρ-ός, ά, όν,
  • poor, needy, Od. 3.348, Alc. 49, Thgn. 165, 181, Sol. 4.23, Pi. N. 7.19.—Poet. word, found in Com., as Ar. Pl. 976, Philetaer. 4, Diod.Com. 2.8, in Pl. R. 578a, and in later Prose, as PPetr. 3 p.73 (iii B. C.), Socr. ap. Stob. 3.13.64, LXX Ex. 22.25, etc.; π. δίαιτα Phld. Oec. p.48 J.: Comp. πενιχρότερος Ph. 2.284, Sup. -ότατος Plb. 6.21.7. Adv. -χρῶς Arist. Pol. 1252b3. [ῐ by nature, Pi. and Ar. ll. cc., also Man. 2.416, elsewh. ῑ by position.]

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