Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτωχοποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτωχοποιός πτωχοποιόν

Structure: πτωχοποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. drawing beggarly characters
  2. making poor

Examples

  • σὺ δή με ταῦτ’ ὦ στωμυλιοσυλλεκτάδη καὶ πτωχοποιὲ καὶ ῥακιοσυρραπτάδη; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene9)

Synonyms

  1. making poor

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

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