I.one who crouches or cringes, a beggar (v. πτώσσω 1. 2), Od., Hes., etc.; πτωχὸς ἀνήρ a beggar-man, Od., etc.; πτωχή a beggar-woman, Soph., NTest.
II.as adj. beggarly, like πτωχικός, Soph., NTest.: c. gen., poor in a thing, Anth.
3.adv. -χῶς, poorly, scantily, Babr.