πενιχρ-ός, ά, όν,
poor, needy, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.348, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 49, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 165, 181, 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.23, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.19.] Refs 8th c.BC+]—poetical word, found in Comedy texts, as [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 976, {5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Diodorus Epigrammaticus Comedy texts 2.8, in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 578a ] Refs 6th c.BC+], and in later Prose, as [[ “PPetr.” 3p.73 (3rd c.BC), 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.13.64, LXX.Exo.22.25, etc.; π. δίαιτα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.48 “J.” ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: comparative πενιχρότερος [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.284 ] Refs 1st c.AD+], superlative -ότατος[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.21.7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]. adverb -χρῶς[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1252b3 [ῐ ] Refs 4th c.BC+].by nature, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus and 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc., also 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.416, elsewhere ῑ by position.] ] Refs 8th c.BC+]