πενιχρ-ός,ά,όν,
A. 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. 3p.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
. [ῐby nature, Pi. and Ar.
Il. cc., also Man. 2.416 , elsewh.ῑby position.]