πενιχρός

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.]