Πτωχοτροφεῖον

poorhouse

Translated by David Whitehead21 Feb 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πτωχοτροφεῖον.

Betacode

*ptwxotrofei=on.

Notes

Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Poorhouses feature in Christian writers and in the Novels of the Emperor Justinian.
cf. generally pi 3051, pi 3052, pi 3054, pi 3056.

Linked from2 entries

π3051ΠτωχεύωI beg for, I ask alms from[Used] with an accusative.
π3056Πτωχοῦ πήρα οὐ πίμπλαταιa pauper's pouch is not filled[sc. A proverb] in reference to the greedy. Also, 'paupers' purses [are] always empty'. Also, 'poorer than a leberis and a dabchick'.

Neighbouring entries

π3053Πτωχίστεροςmore beggarly, rather beggarly π3054Πτωχόςpauper π3055Πτωχοτροφεῖονpoorhouse π3056Πτωχοῦ πήρα οὐ πίμπλαταιa pauper's pouch is not filled π3057Πτοίαterror

Revision history5 revisions · last 18 Dec 2021

18 Dec 2021expanded note — Catharine Roth
25 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
30 Nov 2011Revised — David Whitehead
19 May 2010notes — David Whitehead
18 May 2010set status — Catharine Roth
21 Feb 2010Translated — David Whitehead