Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἀτὰρ δέομαί γε πτωχικοῦ βακτηρίου. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:41)

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

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