πτωχ-εία,
Ionic dialect πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ, beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.10: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618a: proverbial, πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 549. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II poor relief, [[ 4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.3.41.23. -εῖον] Refs 4th c.AD+], τό, poorhouse, [[[prev. work]1.2.15.1 (_plural_), 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 5.9, “Etymologicum Magnum” 187.22 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]; written πτωχῖον, [[ “MAMA” 3.783] Refs]; Latin ptochium, [[ 4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.3.48.1. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]