poor
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Male
Definition:
πένης, -ητος, ὁ (< πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc;] one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9. SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr, Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Male
Definition:
πένης, ητος, ὁ, (πένομαι)
one who works for his living, day-labourer, poor man, opposed to πλούσιος, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to δυνάμενος, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος, ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φει- δόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
οἷ᾽ ἀνὴρ π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) as
adjective, π. δόμοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
poor in money,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative πενέστερος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative πενέστατος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
Definition:
starving, i.e. indigent; poor; from a primary (to toil for daily subsistence);