πένης, ητος, ὁ,
(πένομαι) one who works for his living, day-labourer, poor man, opposed to πλούσιος, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 283 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to δυνάμενος, [[ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος.., ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φει- δόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 553; οἱ π. αὐτῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, 2.47; πλούσιος ἐκ πένητος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.4; πένητες ἄνθρωποι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷ᾽ ἀνὴρ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 584; π. ἵππος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as adjective, π. δόμοι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1139: with _neuter_, ἐν πένητι σώματι [prev. work] 372: with _genitive_, χρημάτων πένητες] Refs 5th c.BC+] poor in money,[[ [prev. work] 38; π. φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 332c; π. ἀπολογίας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative πενέστερος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πενέστατος [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.123. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]