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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

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

  • 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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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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