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πτωχικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτωχικός πτωχική πτωχικόν

Structure: πτωχικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptwxo/s

Sense

  1. of or fit for a beggar, beggarly

Examples

  • οὐκοῦν, ὦ ἀλεκτρυών, ἐπειδὴ ἁπάντων σχεδὸν ἤδη τῶν βίων ἐπειράθησ καὶ πάντα οἶσθα, λέγοισ ἂν ἤδη σαφῶσ ἰδίᾳ μὲν τὰ τῶν πλουσίων ὅπωσ βιοῦσιν, ἰδίᾳ δὲ τὰ πτωχικά, ὡσ μάθω εἰ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα φὴσ εὐδαιμονέστερον ἀποφαίνων με τῶν πλουσίων. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 21:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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