πένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πένομαι (pénomai) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πένης • (pénēs) m (genitive πένητος); third declension

  1. labourer, workman
  2. poor man, pauper

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ πένης; τοῦ πένητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πένης
ho pénēs		 τὼ πένητε
tṑ pénēte		 οἱ πένητες
hoi pénētes
Genitive τοῦ πένητος
toû pénētos		 τοῖν πενήτοιν
toîn penḗtoin		 τῶν πενήτων
tôn penḗtōn
Dative τῷ πένητῐ
tôi pénēti		 τοῖν πενήτοιν
toîn penḗtoin		 τοῖς πένησῐ / πένησῐν
toîs pénēsi(n)
Accusative τὸν πένητᾰ
tòn pénēta		 τὼ πένητε
tṑ pénēte		 τοὺς πένητᾰς
toùs pénētas
Vocative πένης
pénēs		 πένητε
pénēte		 πένητες
pénētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Adjective

πένης • (pénēs)

  1. poor
    Synonym: πτωχός (ptōkhós)
    Antonym: πλούσιος (ploúsios)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

  • Comparative: πενέστερος (penésteros)
  • Superlative: πενέστατος (penéstatos)

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