πτωχεύω

ptocheuo

to be a beggar, go begging

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15309
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

1711
1719
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

182
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

1973

Dictionary (LSJ)

πτωχεύω, fut. -σω Od. 15.309: Ep. impf. πτωχεύεσκον 18.2:—A. to be a beggar, go begging, Il.cc.; ἀνὰ δῆμον 19.73, cf. Tyrt. 10.4, Ar. Nu. 921 (anap.), etc.; ἐπὶ ξενίας Antipho 2.2.9. 2. to be as poor as a beggar, Antiph. 322, Pl. Erx. 394b. 3. metaph. c. gen., to be badly off for, πραγμάτων, of historians, Plb. 7.7.6. II. trans., beg (for), δαῖτα Od. 17.11, 19. 2. c. acc.pers., ask an alms of, φίλους Thgn. 922.

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