A.poor, needy, Od.3.348, Alc.49, Thgn. 165, 181, Sol.4.23, Pi.N. 7.19.—Poet. word, found in Com., as Ar.Pl.976, Philetaer.4, Diod. Com.2.8, in Pl.R.578a, and in later Prose, as PPetr.3p.73 (iii B. C.), Socr. ap. Stob.3.13.64, LXX Ex.22.25, etc.; “π. δίαιτα” Phld. Oec.p.48 J.: Comp. “πενιχρότερος” Ph.2.284, Sup. “-ότατος” Plb.6.21.7. Adv. “-χρῶς” Arist.Pol.1252b3. [ι^ by nature, Pi. and Ar. Il. cc., also Man.2.416, elsewh. ι_ by position.]
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