πενία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (πένομαι) poverty, need, πενίῃ εἴκων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.157 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐλομένην π. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 717; στάσις πενίας δότειρα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 109.5; τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. σύντροφός ἐστι,.. [ἀρετῇ] δὲ διαχρεωμένη τὴν πενίην ἀπαμύνεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.102; τῆς πτωχείας πενίαν φαμὲν εἶναι ἀδελφήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 549 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δὲ σοφίαν ἔλαχε διὰ τὸ συγγενές (variant{δυστυχές}) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 641 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πενίᾳ εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23c, “R.” 613a; εἰς π. πολλὴν καὶ ἀπορίαν καταστῆναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.144: _plural_ πενίαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.128, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 353d, “R.” 618a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lack, need, τινος [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.4.16. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II Πενία personified, [[ “Poverty”, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 92, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203b. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]