πτωχ-εύω,
future -σω[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.309 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect πτωχεύεσκον [[ 18.2 ] Refs]:—to be a beggar, go begging, [prev. cited]; ἀνὰ δῆμον [[ 19.73, compare 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 10.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 921 (_anapaest meter_), etc.; ἐπὶ ξενίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.9. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__2 to be as poor as a beggar, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 322, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 394b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically with genitive, to be badly off for, πραγμάτων, of historians, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.7.6. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II transitive, beg (for), δαῖτα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.11, 19. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 with accusative person, ask an alms of, φίλους [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 922. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]