Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτωχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτωχή πτωχῆς

Structure: πτωχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. beggarwoman

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὦ παῖ Μενοικέωσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ μόνοσ πατὴρ ταύταιν λέλειψαι, νὼ γάρ, ὣ ’φυτεύσαμεν, ὀλώλαμεν δύ’ ὄντε, μή σφε περιίδῃσ πτωχὰσ ἀνάνδρουσ ἐκγενεῖσ ἀλωμένασ, μηδ’ ἐξισώσῃσ τάσδε τοῖσ ἐμοῖσ κακοῖσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 3:16)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION