afterwards increased by prisoners of war, and formed a link between the freemen and the born slaves.
II. generally, any slave or bondsman, Eur .:— a poor man, Ar.
pevnh"
pevnh" , hto", oJ , ( pevnomai ) one who works for his daily bread, a day-labourer, a poor man, distinguished from ptwcov" (beggar), Hdt ., Soph. , etc.
II. as Adj. of a poor man, dovmo" Eur .; ejn pevnhti swvmati Id.: c. gen ., p. crhmavtwn poor in money, Id.; p. fivlwn Plat .: —Comp. penevstero" Xen .; Sup. penevstato" Dem.
penhtokovmo"
penhto-kovmo" , on , ( komevw ) tending the poor, Anth.
penqalevo"
penqa±levo" , a, on , sad, mourning, Anth.
pevnqeia
pevnqeia , hJ , poët. form of pevnqo" , Aesch.
penqeiveton
penqeiveton , Ep. for penqei`ton , 3 dual of penqevw .
penqerav
penqerav , Ion. -rh , hJ , fem. of penqerov" , a mother-in-law, Lat. socrus , Dem.
penqerov", PENQERO vS
PENQERO vS , oJ , a father-in-law, Lat. socer , Hom ., etc. :—in pl. parents-in-law, Eur.
II. generally, a connexion by marriage, e.g. brother-in-law, Id.
penqevw
penqevw , Ep. 3 dual penqeiveton , inf. penqhvmenai : f. -hvsw : aor. I ejpevnqhsa : pf. pepevnqhka : ( pevnqo" ):— to bewail, lament, mourn for, Il.; penqei`n tina; wJ" teqnew`ta Hdt ., etc. :— Pass. to be mourned for, Isocr. Hence pevnqhma
pevnqhma
pevnqhma , ato", tov , lamentation, mourning, Aesch ., Eur.
penqhvmenai
penqhvmenai , Ep. inf. of penqevw .
penqhvmero"
penq-hvmero" , on , of five days, kata; penqhvmeron for alternate spaces of five days, Xen.
penqhmimerhv"
penq-hmiØ-merhv" , ev" , consisting of five halves, or two and a half: —in Prosody, tomh; p . the caesura after two feet and a half, as in hexam. and iamb. verses.
penqhmipovdio"
penq-hmiØ-povdio" , a, on , ( pouv" ) consisting of five half feet, i.e. of 2 1/2 feet, Xen.