πόρος
See also: Πόρος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the o-grade of πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, to run through”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to pass, cross”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ros/
Noun
[edit]πόρος • (póros) m (genitive πόρου); second declension
- a means of passage, passageway, way, opening
- especially passage over a body of water: ford, strait, ferry, bridge
- a pore on the skin
- a means to an end
- resource
- (biology) fiber, filament, thread
- journey
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πόρος ho póros |
τὼ πόρω tṑ pórō |
οἱ πόροι hoi póroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πόρου toû pórou |
τοῖν πόροιν toîn póroin |
τῶν πόρων tôn pórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πόρῳ tôi pórōi |
τοῖν πόροιν toîn póroin |
τοῖς πόροις toîs pórois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πόρον tòn póron |
τὼ πόρω tṑ pórō |
τοὺς πόρους toùs pórous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πόρε póre |
πόρω pórō |
πόροι póroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Greek: πόρος (póros)
- → Latin: porus (see there for further descendants)
- Tsakonian: πόρε (póre, “door”)
- English: porous
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1223
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1163-4
Further reading
[edit]- “πόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πόρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- πόρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- avenue idem, page 55.
- channel idem, page 124.
- contrivance idem, page 170.
- device idem, page 220.
- expedient idem, page 293.
- ferry idem, page 316.
- ford idem, page 336.
- invention idem, page 456.
- journey idem, page 464.
- machinery idem, page 506.
- means idem, page 520.
- medium idem, page 522.
- method idem, page 527.
- passage idem, page 597.
- path idem, page 598.
- pilgrimage idem, page 613.
- plan idem, page 617.
- pore idem, page 627.
- process idem, page 644.
- resource idem, page 703.
- revenue idem, page 709.
- road idem, page 718.
- scheme idem, page 739.
- strait idem, page 822.
- track idem, page 885.
- vehicle idem, page 946.
- voyage idem, page 958.
- way idem, page 968.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]πόρος • (póros) m (plural πόροι)
- (anatomy) pore, duct
- Ο ιδρώτας έτρεχε από κάθε πόρο του δέρματος μας.
- O idrótas étreche apó káthe póro tou dérmatos mas.
- Sweat ran from every pore of our skin.
- (in the plural) resources, (financial) means
- φυσικοί πόροι ― fysikoí póroi ― natural resources
Declension
[edit]Declension of πόρος
Derived terms
[edit]- πόροι (póroi, “public revenues”)
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