- πτωχός
- πτωχόςGrammatical information: m. (f.)Meaning: `beggar', also adj. `begging, poor' (Od.).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. πτωχο-ποιός `drawing beggarly characters' (Ar.), `making beggars' (Plu.), ὑπέρ-πτωχος `very poor' (Arist.; Sommer Nominalkomp. 170 n. 3).Derivatives: πτωχ-ικός `beggarly' (Att.; Chantraine Études 119), -εῖον n. `almshouse' (Cod. Iust. a.o.), -εύω `to beg' (Od.) with -εία, Ion. -ηΐη f. `beggary' (IA.), -ίζω `to make a beggar' (LXX).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [825] *pteh₂-(k-) `duck away, shy'Etymology: Velar fornation like πτώξ, πτώσσω (s. vv. and πτοέω) with popular-expressive aspiration, but withour direct agreement; cf. however, with combined ρ-suffix, the synonymous πενι-χρός (s. πένομαι). With the much later perf. ἔπτηχα (Schwyzer 458 a. 772) there is no direct connection.Page in Frisk: 2,618
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.