1. Dep. used in present and imperfect :

2. intransitive to work for one's daily bread ; generally, to toil, work, labour , (Homer)

3. to be poor or needy , Solon , (Euripides), etc.

4. with genitive to be poor in, have need of , (Aeschulus Tragicus)

5. transitive to work at, prepare, get ready , δαῖτα πένοντο (Odyssey by Homer); τί σε χρὴ ταῦτα πένεσθα; (Odyssey by Homer) (ML)