"πόρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πόρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pó.ros/, /ˈpo.ros/, /ˈpo.ros/, /pó.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpo.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpo.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpo.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpo.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the o-grade of πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, to run through”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*per-|id=fare}}, {{dercat|grc|grk-pro}} Head templates: {{grc-noun|πόρου|m|second}} πόρος • (póros) m (genitive πόρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πόρος|ου|form=M}} Forms: póros [romanization], πόρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ πόρος [nominative, singular], πόρω [dual, nominative], οἱ πόροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ πόρου [genitive, singular], πόροιν [dual, genitive], πόρων [genitive, plural], τῷ πόρῳ [dative, singular], πόροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πόροις [dative, plural], τὸν πόρον [accusative, singular], πόρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς πόρους [accusative, plural], πόρε [singular, vocative], πόρω [dual, vocative], πόροι [plural, vocative]
  1. a means of passage, passageway, way, opening
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-DJlR~kVH
  2. especially passage over a body of water: ford, strait, ferry, bridge
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-YA45s0zn
  3. a pore on the skin
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-zkpiLA0e
  4. a means to an end
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-RnANiU1o Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 5 28 21 19 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 4 5 46 8 12 8 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 3 59 6 13 5 4 4
  5. resource
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-XelTGfF0 Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 11 7 12 27 21 11
  6. (biology) fiber, filament, thread
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-VBUo-4wJ Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  7. journey
    Sense id: en-πόρος-grc-noun-zeVokrvr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἄπορος (áporos), Βόσπορος (Bósporos), δῠ́σπορος (dŭ́sporos), ἔμπορος (émporos), εὔπορος (eúporos), εὐρῠ́πορος (eurŭ́poros), Ὕσπορος (Húsporos), ὠκύπορος (ōkúporos)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "áporos",
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "εὔπορος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eurŭ́poros",
      "word": "εὐρῠ́πορος"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Húsporos",
      "word": "Ὕσπορος"
    },
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      "word": "ὠκύπορος"
    }
  ],
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            "1": "el",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πόρος (póros)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: porus",
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        }
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "πόρε",
            "t": "door"
          },
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        }
      ],
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        }
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      "form": "οἱ πόροι",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πόρου",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "τῷ πόρῳ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῖς πόροις",
      "roman": "toîs pórois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πόρον",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "πόρω",
      "roman": "pórō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πόρους",
      "roman": "toùs pórous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "πόρε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "a means of passage, passageway, way, opening"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρος-grc-noun-DJlR~kVH",
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          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "passageway",
          "passageway"
        ],
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          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "ford",
          "ford"
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        [
          "strait",
          "strait"
        ],
        [
          "ferry",
          "ferry"
        ],
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "a pore on the skin"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρος-grc-noun-zkpiLA0e",
      "links": [
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          "pore",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "4 4 5 46 8 12 8 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "3 3 3 59 6 13 5 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "a means to an end"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρος-grc-noun-RnANiU1o",
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "resource"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρος-grc-noun-XelTGfF0",
      "links": [
        [
          "resource",
          "resource"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "grc:Biology",
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          "source": "w"
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        "fiber, filament, thread"
      ],
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          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ],
        [
          "filament",
          "filament"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) fiber, filament, thread"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "journey"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρος-grc-noun-zeVokrvr",
      "links": [
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pó.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pó.ros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόρος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "roman": "áporos",
      "word": "ἄπορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Bósporos",
      "word": "Βόσπορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dŭ́sporos",
      "word": "δῠ́σπορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "émporos",
      "word": "ἔμπορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eúporos",
      "word": "εὔπορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eurŭ́poros",
      "word": "εὐρῠ́πορος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Húsporos",
      "word": "Ὕσπορος"
    },
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      "roman": "ōkúporos",
      "word": "ὠκύπορος"
    }
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        }
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      "form": "οἱ πόροι",
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "πόρων",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τῷ πόρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi pórōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόροιν",
      "roman": "póroin",
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    {
      "form": "τοῖς πόροις",
      "roman": "toîs pórois",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τὸν πόρον",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρω",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πόρους",
      "roman": "toùs pórous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρε",
      "roman": "póre",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρω",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόροι",
      "roman": "póroi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "a means of passage, passageway, way, opening"
      ],
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          "passage",
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        ],
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      ],
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          "ford",
          "ford"
        ],
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          "strait",
          "strait"
        ],
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          "ferry",
          "ferry"
        ],
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          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a pore on the skin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pore",
          "pore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a means to an end"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "resource"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resource",
          "resource"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fiber, filament, thread"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ],
        [
          "filament",
          "filament"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) fiber, filament, thread"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "journey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pó.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pó.ros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόρος"
}

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