πτωχός, ή, όν,
also ός, όν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1274, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 444, 751 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— beggar, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.400, 18.1, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14, etc.; πρὸς γὰρ Διός εἰσιν ἅπαντες ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.208, compare 17.475; πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 26; π. ἀνὴρ ἀλαλήμενος ἐλθών 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.327; π. καὶ ἀλήμονες ἄνδρες 19.74; πτωχοὺς ἀλᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 515; πτωχοῦ βίος ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα, τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φειδόμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 552: proverbial, πτωχοῦ πήρη οὐ πίμπλαται 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 360: πτωχή] Refs 8th c.BC+] beggar-woman, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.453a (so πτωχός (_feminine_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 444); χήρα πτωχή NT.Mark.12.42. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, οἱ π. τῷ πνεύματι [[ NT.Matt.5.3, cf. NT.Luke.6.20. ] NT]
__II as adjective, beggarly, πτωχῷ διαίτῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 751; π. στοιχεῖα NT.Gal.4.9 ] NT+5th c.BC+]: with genitive, beggared of, poor in, [πηγὴ] π. νυμφῶν [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.258 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 comparative πτωχότερος [[ 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 6.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; proverbial, π. κίγκλου 'as poor as a church mouse', [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 221; irregular πτωχίστερος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 425 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πτωχότατος [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 10.50 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]