ποριστής
ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A one who supplies or provides, π. τῶν κακῶν τῷ δήμῳ Th.8.48; φύλαξ καὶ π. ἀλλοτρίων χρημάτων Eus.Mynd.24; δόξης Phld.Rh.2.53 S. (Comp.). babs., money-maker, J.AJ19.2.5. 2 pl., at Athens, a financial board appointed to raise extraordinary supplies, Ar.Ra.1505, Antipho 6.49, etc.: hence metaph., τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοὶ ταμίαι καὶ π. D.4.33. 3 the name used by robbers of themselves, οἱ λῃσταὶ αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσι νῦν Arist.Rh.1405a26.
German (Pape)
[Seite 683] ὁ, der Herbeischaffende, Verschaffende, ποριστὰς ὄντας καὶ ἐςηγητὰς τῶν κακῶν τῷ δήμῳ, Thuc. 4, 48. Bes. in Athen, der die Einkünfte des Staats zu vermehren sucht, eine Finanzbehörde (B. A. 294), Ar. Ran. 1501, Schol. erklärt πορολόγοι; so auch wohl Antiph. 5, 49 zu nehmen; vgl. Dem. 4, 33, τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοὶ ταμίαι καὶ πορισταὶ γιγνόμενοι. – Nach Arist. rhet. 3, 2, 10 οἱ μὲν λῃσταὶ αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσι νῦν, Industrieritter.
