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|Definition=ὁ, ([[πείρω]], [[περάω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[means of passing a river]], [[ford]], [[ferry]], <b class="b3">Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρος</b> [[Thryum]] the [[ford]] of the [[Alphëus]], Il.2.592, ''h.Ap.''423, cf. ''h.Merc.''398; πόρον ἷξον Ξάνθου Il.14.433; Ἀξίου πόρος [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''493; <b class="b3">ἀπικνέεται ἐς τὸν πόρον τῆς διαβάσιος</b> to the place of the [[passage]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.115; πόρος διαβὰς Ἅλυος [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''864(lyr.); τοῦ κατ' Ὠρωπὸν π. μηδὲν πραττέσθω ''IG''12.40.22.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[narrow part of the sea]], [[strait]], διαβὰς πόρον Ὠκεανοῖο Hes.''Th.''292; παρ' Ὠκεανοῦ.. ἄσβεστον π. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''532 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πόρος Ἕλλης</b> (Dor. [[Ἕλλας]]), = [[Ἑλλήσποντος]], Pi.''Fr.''189, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]'' 875(lyr.), Ar.''V.''308(lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἰόνιος πόρος</b> the Ionian Sea which is the [[passage-way]] from Greece to Italy, Pi.''N.''4.53; πέλαγος αἰγαίου πόρου E.''Hel.''130; <b class="b3">Εὔξεινος πόρος, ἄξενος πόρος</b> (cf. [[πόντος]] ''ΙΙ''), Id.''Andr.''1262, ''IT''253; <b class="b3">διάραντες τὸν πόρον</b>, i.e. the sea between Sicily and Africa, Plb.1.37.1; [[ἐν πόρῳ]] = [[in the passage-way]] (of ships), [[in the fair-way]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.183, Th. 1.120, 6.48; ἐν π. τῆς ναυμαχίης [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.76; ἕως τοῦ π. τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ὅρμον τὸν Ἀφροδιτοπολίτην ''PHib.''1.38.5(iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[periphrasis]], <b class="b3">πόροι ἁλός</b> the [[path]]s of the [[sea]], i.e. the sea, Od.12.259; Αἰγαίου πόντοιο πλατὺς π. D.P.131; ἐνάλιοι πόροι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''453; <b class="b3">π. ἁλίρροθοι</b> ib.367, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''412(lyr.); freq. of rivers, <b class="b3">π. Ἀλφεοῦ, Σκαμάνδρου</b>, i.e. the Alphëus, [[Scamander]], etc., Pi.''O.''1.92, A.''Ch.''366(lyr.), etc.; ῥυτοὶ π. Id.''Eu.''452, cf.293; <b class="b3">Πλούτωνος πόρος</b> the [[river]] [[Pluto]], Id.''Pr.''806: metaph., <b class="b3">βίου πόρος</b> the [[stream]] of [[life]], Pi.''I.''8(7).15; πόρος ὕμνων Emp.35.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[artificial passage over a river]], [[bridge]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.136,140, 7.10.γ; [[aqueduct]], IG7.93(Megara, V A.D., restd.), ''Epigr.Gr.''1073.4 (Samos).<br><span class="bld">5</span> generally, [[pathway]], [[way]], A.''Ag.'' 910, S.''Ph.''705(lyr.), etc.; [[track]] of a [[wild]] [[beast]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.40; <b class="b3">αἰθέρα θ' ἁγνὸν πόρον οἰωνῶν</b> their [[pathway]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''284(anap.); [[ἐν τῷ πόρῳ εἶναι]] to [[be in the way]], Sammelb.7356.11(ii A.D.): metaph., πραπίδων πόροι A.''Supp.''94(lyr.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[passage through]] a [[porous]] [[substance]], [[opening]], Epicur.''Ep.''1pp.10,18 U.; esp. [[passage through]] the [[skin]], <b class="b3">οἱ πόροι</b> the [[pore]]s or [[passage]]s by which the [[ἀπορροαί]] passed, acc. to Empedocles, πόρους λέγετε εἰς οὓς καὶ δι' ὧν αἱ ἀπορροαὶ πορεύονται Pl.''Men.''76c, cf. Epicur. ''Fr.''250, Metrod. ''Fr.''7,Ti.Locr.100e; νοητοὶ π. S.E.''P.''2.140; opp. [[ὄγκοι]], Gal. 10.268; so of sponges, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''548b31; of plants, Id.''Pr.'' 905b8, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 1.2.4, ''HP''1.10.5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of other [[duct]]s or [[opening]]s of the body, <b class="b3">πόρος πρῶτος</b>, of the [[womb]], Hp. ap. Poll.2.222; <b class="b3">πόροι σπερματικοί, θορικοὶ π.</b>, Arist.''GA''716b17, 720b13; [[πόροι ὑστερικοί]] = the [[ovaries]]. Id.''HA''570a5, al.; <b class="b3">τροφῆς πόρος</b>, of the [[oesophagus]], Id.''PA''650a15, al.; of the [[rectum]], Id.''GA''719b29; of the [[urinal duct]], ib.773a21; of the arteries and veins, Id.''HA''510a14, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[passage]]s leading from the organs of sensation to the brain, ψυχὴ παρεσπαρμένη τοῖς π. Pl.''Ax.''366a; οἱ π. τοῦ ὄμματος Arist.''Sens.''438b14, cf. ''HA''495a11, ''PA'' 656b17; ὤτων, μυκτήρων, Id.''GA''775a2, cf. 744a2; of the optic nerves, Heroph. ap. Gal.7.89.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[way of achieving]] or [[means of achieving]], [[accomplishing]], [[discovering]], etc., οὐκ ἐδύνατο π. οὐδένα τούτου ἀνευρεῖν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.2; οὐδεὶς πόρος ἐφαίνετο τῆς ἁλώσιος Id.3.156; τῶν ἀδοκήτων π. ηὗρε θεός E.''Med.''1418 (anap.); <b class="b3">πόρος ὁδοῦ</b> a [[means of performing]] the [[journey]], Ar.''Pax''124; πόρος ζητήματος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''191a; but also <b class="b3">πόρος κακῶν</b> a [[means of escaping]] [[evil]]s, [[a way out]] of them, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''213 (lyr.): c. inf., πόρος νοῆσαι Emp.4.12; π. [[εὐθαρσεῖν]] And.2.16; π. τις μηχανή τε.. ἀντιτείσασθαι E.''Med.''260: with Preps., π. ἀμφί τινος A.''Supp.''806 codd. (lyr.); περί τινος dub. in Ar.''Ec.''653; πόροι πρὸς τὸ [[πολεμεῖν]] X. ''An.''2.5.20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[providing]], [[means of providing]], opp. [[ἀπορία]], Pl. ''Men.''78d sq.; [[contrivance]], [[device]], οἵας τέχνας τε καὶ π. ἐμησάμην [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 477; <b class="b3">δεινὸς γὰρ εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον</b> ib.59, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''759; μέγας π. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''111; τίνα π. εὕρω πόθεν; E.''IA''356 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">πόρος χρημάτων</b> a [[way of raising money]], [[financial]] [[provision]], X.''Ath.''3.2, ''HG''1.6.12, D.1.19, ''IG''7.4263.2 (Oropus, iii B.C.), etc.; ὁ π. τῶν χρ. D.4.29, ''IG''12(5).1001.1 (Ios, iv B.C.); without [[χρημάτων]], ''SIG''284.23 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), etc.; μηχανᾶσθαι προσόδου π. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.10, cf. ''PTeb.''75.6 (ii B.C.): in plural, [[πόροι]] = '[[ways and means]]', [[resources]], [[revenue]], πόροι χρημάτων D. 18.309: abs., πόρους [[πορίζειν]] Hyp.''Eux.''37, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.9 (sg.), Arist. ''Rh.''1359b23; <b class="b3">πόροι ἢ περὶ προσόδων</b>, title of work by X.: sg., [[source of revenue]], [[endowment]], ''OGI''544.24 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), 509.12,14 (Aphrodisias, ii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[assessable]] [[income]] or [[property]], [[taxable estate]], freq. in Pap., as ''BGU''1189.11 (i A.D.), etc.; [[liability]], PHamb.23.29 (vi A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[journey]], [[voyage]], μακρᾶς κελεύθου π. A. ''Th.'' 546; παρόρνιθας π. τιθέντες Id.''Eu.''770, cf. E.''IT''116, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ πόρῳ πλοῖον ἀνατρέψαι</b> on its [[passage]], Aeschin.3.158.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[Πόρος]] personified as father of [[Ἔρως]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 203b.