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πόρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόρος πόρου

Structure: πορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pera/w

Sense

  1. a means of passage, passage-way, way, opening
  2. especially passage over a body of water: ford, strait, ferry, bridge
  3. a means to an end
  4. (biology) fiber, filament, thread
  5. journey

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πόρος πόρω πόροι
Genitive πόρου πόροιν πόρων
Dative πόρῳ πόροιν πόροις
Accusative πόρον πόρω πόρους
Vocative πόρε πόρω πόροι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐφοβήθη μήποτε οὐκ ἐάσῃ αὐτὸν Ἰωνάθαν καὶ μήποτε πολεμήσῃ πρὸσ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐζήτει πόρον τοῦ συλλαβεῖν τὸν Ἰωνάθαν τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπάρασ ἦλθεν εἰσ Βαιθσάν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:40)
  • καὶ Κικόνων πτολίεθρα καὶ Αἰολίδοσ πόρον Ἕλλησ Δαρδανίησ λιμένεσσιν ὁ νυμφίοσ ἤγαγε νύμφην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1200)
  • εἰ γὰρ τεθνῶσιν ἀμπλακημάτων τίσισ βροτοῖσ ὀπηδεῖ τῶν ἔδρασαν ἐν φάει, οὐ Τάνταλον ποτοῖσιν, οὐδ̓ Ἰξίονα τροχῷ στροβητόν, οὐδὲ Σίσυφον πέτρῳ ἔδει κολάζειν ἐν δόμοισι Πλουτέωσ, ἁπλῶσ δὲ πάντασ τοὺσ κακῶσ δεδρακότασ τοῖσ σοῖσ προσάπτειν ἀρθροκηδέσιν πόνοισ, ὥσ μου τὸ λυπρὸν καὶ ταλαίπωρον δέμασ χειρῶν ἀπ̓ ἄκρων εἰσ ἄκρασ ποδῶν βάσεισ ἰχῶρι φαύλῳ καὶ πικρῷ χυμῷ χολῆσ πνεύματι βιαίῳ τόδε διασφίγγον πόρουσ ἕστηκε καὶ μεμυκὸσ ἐπιτείνει πόνουσ. (Lucian, 3)
  • μὴ μικρὸν οἰηθῇσ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, μηδ’ ὀλίγον γεγενῆσθαι τὸν πόρον τοῦτον, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἑπτὰ ἢ ὀκτὼ μυριάδασ ἑκάστου ἔτουσ ἤθροιζεν, ἀνὰ δέκα καὶ πεντεκαίδεκα χρησμοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὑπὸ ἀπληστίασ ἀναδιδόντων . (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 23:2)
  • κἀγὼ μὲν ᾤμην ἁπλοῦν τι τοῦτο εἶναι καὶ δεξιὸν ἐπεὶ δὲ κατὰ μέσον τὸν πόρον ἐγενόμην, δακρύοντα ὁρῶν τὸν κυβερνήτην καὶ τοῖσ ναύταισ τι ἀντιλέγοντα οὐκ ἀγαθὰσ εἶχον περὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐλπίδασ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 56:2)
  • ἑξῆσ δὲ τὰ Μέγαρα καὶ Νῖσοσ καὶ Σκύλλα καὶ πορφυροῦσ πλόκαμοσ καὶ Μίνωοσ πόροσ καὶ περὶ τὴν εὐεργέτιν ἀχαριστία. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 41:1)
  • περὶ δ’ ἱματίων τίσ πόροσ ἔσται; (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 2:20)
  • καὶ τίσ πόροσ σοι τῆσ ὁδοῦ γενήσεται; (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, iambics1)
  • βαθύσ γέ τοι Διρκαῖοσ ἀναχωρεῖν πόροσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode37)
  • χρημάτων δὲ τίσ πόροσ; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 6:18)

Synonyms

  1. a means of passage

  2. a means to an end

  3. journey

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