πενία in Ancient Greek

IPA: /pe.ní.aː/, /peˈni.a/, /peˈni.a/, /pe.ní.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /peˈni.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /peˈni.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /peˈni.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /peˈni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From πένης (pénēs, “poor”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|πένης|-ίᾱ|t1=poor}} πένης (pénēs, “poor”) + -ίᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πενῐ́ᾱ|πενῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} πενῐ́ᾱ • (penĭ́ā) f (genitive πενῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πενῐ́ᾱ|ας}} Forms: πενῐ́ᾱ [canonical], penĭ́ā [romanization], πενῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ πενῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], πενῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ πενῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς πενῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], πενῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], πενῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ πενῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], πενῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πενῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν πενῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], πενῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πενῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], πενῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], πενῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], πενῐ́αι [plural, vocative]

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"πενία" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun