πτωχῖον

A. beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται Hdt. 3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν Pl. Lg. 936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες Lys. 32.10: pl., Pl. R. 618a: prov., πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή Ar. Pl. 549.

II. poor relief, Cod.Just. 1.3.41.23. ‐εῖον, τό, poorhouse, ib.1.2.15.1 (pl.), Procop. Aed. 5.9, EM 187.22; written πτωχῖον, MAMA 3.783; Lat.ptochium, Cod.Just. 1.3.48.1.