πτωχός

ptochos

beggar

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 5
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Book VII 1
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521a4
Book VIII 4
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552c9
552d3
552d8
556a1
Lysis 2
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215d1
215d1
Laws 1
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Book XI 1
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936c1
Letters 1
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309b4
Theaetetus 1
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175a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

πτωχός, ή, όν, also ός, όν A. Ag. 1274, S. OC 444,751:—A. 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; π. καὶ ἀλήμονες ἄνδρες 19.74; πτωχοὺς ἀλᾶσθαι E. Med. 515; πτωχοῦ βίος ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα, τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φειδόμενον Ar. Pl. 552: 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. 2. metaph., οἱ π. τῷ πνεύματι Ev.Matt. 5.3, cf. Ev.Luc. 6.20. II. as Adj., 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.). 2. Comp. πτωχότερος Timocl. 6.10; prov., π. κίγκλου ‘as poor as a church mouse’, Men. 221; irreg. πτωχίστερος Ar. Ach. 425: Sup. πτωχότατος AP 10.50 (Pall.). 3. Adv. -χῶς poorly, scantily, ἠροτρία π. μέν, ἀλλʼ ἀναγκαίως Babr. 55.2.

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