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2. narrow part of the sea, strait, διαβὰς πόρον Ὠκεανοῖο Hes.Th.292; παρ' Ὠκεανοῦ ..ἄσβεστον π. A.Pr.532 (lyr.); π. Ἕλλης (Dor. Ἕλλας), = Ἑλλήσποντος, Pi.Fr.189, A.Pers. 875(lyr.), Ar.V.308(lyr.); Ἰόνιος π. the Ionian Sea which is the passage-way from Greece to Italy, Pi.N.4.53; πέλαγος αἰγαίου πόρου E.Hel.130; Εὔξεινος, ἄξενος π. (cf. πόντος 11), Id.Andr.1262, IT253; διάραντες τὸν π., i.e. the sea between Sicily and Africa, Plb.1.37.1; ἐν πόρῳ in the passage-way (of ships), in the fair-way, Hdt.7.183, Th. 1.120, 6.48; ἐν π. τῆς ναυμαχίης Hdt.8.76; ἕως τοῦ π. τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ὅρμον τὸν Ἀφροδιτοπολίτην PHib.1.38.5(iii B.C.).

3. periphr., πόροι ἁλός the paths of the sea, i.e. the sea, Od.12.259; Αἰγαίου πόντοιο πλατὺς π. D.P.131; ἐνάλιοι π. A.Pers.453; π.ἁλίρροθοι ib.367, S.Aj.412(lyr.); freq. of rivers, π. Ἀλφεοῦ, Σκαμάνδρου, i.e. the Alphëus, Scamander, etc., Pi.O.1.92, A.Ch.366(lyr.), etc.; ῥυτοὶ π. Id.Eu.452, cf.293; Πλούτωνος π. the river Pluto, Id.Pr.806: metaph., βίου π. the stream of life, Pi.I.8(7).15; π. ὕμνων Emp.35.1.

4. artificial passage over a river, bridge, Hdt.4.136,140, 7.10.γ́; aqueduct, IG7.93(Megara, V A.D., restd.), Epigr.Gr.1073.4 (Samos).

5. generally, pathway, way, A.Ag. 910, S.Ph.705(lyr.), etc.; track of a wild beast, X.Cyr.1.6.40; αἰθέρα θ' ἁγνὸν πόρον οἰωνῶν their pathway, A.Pr.284(anap.); ἐν τῷ π.εἶναι to be in the way, Sammelb.7356.11(ii A.D.): metaph., πραπίδων πόροι A.Supp.94(lyr.).

6. passage through a porous substance, opening, Epicur.Ep.1pp.10,18 U.; esp. passage through the skin, οἱ πόροι the pores or passages 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, Arist. HA548b31; of plants, Id.Pr. 905b8, Thphr.CP1.2.4, HP1.10.5.

b. of other ducts or openings of the body, π. πρῶτος, of the womb, Hp. ap. Poll.2.222; πόροι σπερματικοί, θορικοὶ π., Arist.GA716b17, 720b13; π. ὑστερικοί the ovaries. Id.HA570a5, al.; τροφῆς π., of the oesophagus, Id.PA650a15, al.; of the rectum, Id.GA719b29; of the urinal duct, ib.773a21; of the arteries and veins, Id.HA510a14, etc.

c. passages leading from the organs of sensation to the brain, ψυχὴ παρεσπαρμένη τοῖς π. Pl.Ax.366a; οἱ π. τοῦ ὄμματος Arist.Sens.438b14, cf. HA495a11, PA 656b17; ὤτων, μυκτήρων, Id.GA775a2, cf. 744a2; of the optic nerves, Heroph. ap. Gal.7.89.

II. c. gen. rei, way or means of achieving, accomplishing, discovering, etc., οὐκ ἐδύνατο π. οὐδένα τούτου ἀνευρεῖν Hdt.2.2; οὐδεὶς π. ἐφαίνετο τῆς ἁλώσιος Id.3.156; τῶν ἀδοκήτων π. ηὗρε θεός E.Med.1418 (anap.); π. ὁδοῦ a means of performing the journey, Ar.Pax124; π. ζητήματος Pl.Tht.191a; but also π. κακῶν a means of escaping evils, a way out of them, E.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.

2. abs., providing, means of providing, opp. ἀπορία, Pl. Men.78d sq.; contrivance, device, οἵας τέχνας τε καὶ π. ἐμησάμην A.Pr. 477; δεινὸς γὰρ εὑρεῖν κἀξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον ib.59, cf. Ar.Eq.759; μέγας π. A.Pr.111; τίνα π. εὕρω πόθεν; E.IA356 (troch.).

3. π. χρημάτων a way of raising money, financial provision, X.Ath.3.2, HG1.6.12, D.1.19, IG7.4263.2 (Oropus, iii B.C.), etc.; ὁ π. τῶν χρ. D.4.29, IG12(5).1001.1 (Ios, iv B.C.); without χρημάτων, SIG284.23 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), etc.; μηχανᾶσθαι προσόδου π. X.Cyr.1.6.10, cf. PTeb.75.6 (ii B.C.): in pl., 'ways and means', resources, revenue, πόροι χρημάτων D. 18.309: abs., πόρους πορίζειν Hyp.Eux.37, cf. X.Cyr.1.6.9 (sg.), Arist. Rh.1359b23; πόροι ἢ περὶ προσόδων, title of work by X.: sg., source of revenue, endowment, OGI544.24 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), 509.12,14 (Aphrodisias, ii A.D.), etc.

b. assessable income or property, taxable estate, freq. in Pap., as BGU1189.11 (i A.D.), etc.; liability, PHamb.23.29 (vi A.D.), etc.

III. journey, voyage, μακρᾶς κελεύθου π. A. Th. 546; παρόρνιθας π. τιθέντες Id.Eu.770, cf. E.IT116, etc.; ἐν τῷ π. πλοῖον ἀνατρέψαι on its passage, Aeschin.3.158.

IV. Π personified as father of Ἔρως, Pl.Smp.203b.