πενιχρός, -ά, -όν

(πένομαι, see: πένης) [in LXX: Exo.22:25 (עָנִי), Pro.28:15 29:7 (דַּל) * ;]

chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep. 578 A), = πένης,

needy, poor: Luk.21:2 (for ex. in π. see MM, xix).†

(AS)

needy; poor