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πορεῖν

poro

furnish, offer, give

Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πορεῖν, pres. not attested; aor. act. ἔπορον and pf. pass. πέπρωμαι: no example occurs of fut. πορῶ, Aeol. πόρσω, cited by EM 683.54: aor. ἔπορον, Hom. mostly without augm.; part. πορών Il. 21.80, Od. 19.460, A. Pr. 946; inf. πορεῖν S. OT 1255:—I. furnish, offer, give, of things, π. ἀμφιφορῆα, δέπας, δόρυ, δῶρα, ξεινήϊα, ἕδνα, εἵματα, ἵππον, κρέας, μελίην, οἶνον, ὅπλα, τεύχεα, τόξον, φάρμακα, χλαῖναν, Il. 23.92, 24.234, 23.893, Od. 4.130, Il. 6.218, 16.178, Od. 5.321, Il. 23.540, Od. 8.477, Il. 16.143, Od. 9.360, Il. 19.21, 7.146, 15.441, 4.219, Od. 14.460; of conditions or qualities, π. μαντοσύνην Il. 1.72; νόον Od. 10.494; πένθος, κακά, θάνατον, etc., 19.512, 9.460, 18.202, etc.; τιμήν Hes. Th. 904; εὖχος π. fulfil a wish, Od. 22.7; ἀνδρὶ παράκοιτιν π. Il. 24.60; θυγατέρας π. ϝἱάσι Od. 10.7; πόρεν δέ οἱ υἱόν he gave her a son, i.e. begat one upon her, Il. 16.185; οἱ ἔπορεν χρυσόν Pi. O. 13.77; ἀγλαΐαν, αἶσαν, κῦδος, etc., Id. I. 2.18, N. 6.47, P. 4.66, etc.; π. τινὶ γέρα, δωρεάν, τιμάς, etc., A. Pr. 108, 616, 946, etc.; ἔπορε χρήματα Eup. 12.2 D. (s.v.l.); λύσιν εὐαγῆ S. OT 921; Κύκνον θανάτῳ πόρεν Pi. O. 2.82; ὅρκον π. offer to take an oath, A. Eu. 489: c. inf., πόρε καὶ σὺ κούρῃσιν ἕπεσθαι τιμήν [so as] to attend on them, Il. 9.513, cf. 6.228; νιν . . πόρε Κενταύρῳ διδάξαι Pi. P. 3.45: abs., σοὶ θεοὶ πόροιεν, ὡς ( = οἷα) ἐγὼ θέλω S. OC 1124. 2. = πορεύω, bring, εἴ τις . . δεῦρο Θησέα πόροι ib.1458. II. pf. πέπρωμαι, only 3sg. πέπρωται (Hes. also in plpf. πέπρωτο):—it has or had been (is or was) fated, c. acc. pers. et inf., ἄμφω γὰρ πέπρωται . . γαῖαν ἐρεῦσαι Il. 18.329, cf. Pi. O. 8.33, E. Alc. 21: c. dat. pers. et inf., οἱ πέπρωτο . . δαμῆναι Hes. Th. 464, cf. 475; τί γὰρ πέπρωται Ζηνὶ πλὴν ἀεὶ κρατεῖν A. Pr. 519, cf. 815, Antiph. 227.10; πεπρωμένον ἐστί, = πέπρωται, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τέλος πεπρωμένον ἐστί Il. 3.309; ὅτῳ θανεῖν μέν ἐστιν οὐ πεπρ. A. Pr. 753; ἐκ θεῶν πεπρ. ἐστὶ πολέμους γίγνεσθαι X. HG 6.3.6. 2. part. as Adj., of persons, destined to a thing, ὁμῇ πεπρωμένον αἴσῃ Il. 15.209, cf. 16.441, E. Tr. 340(lyr.). b. abs., destined, π. βασιλεύς Pi. P. 4.61; τὸν πεπρ. μόρον A. Fr. 362.4; βίος π. oneʼs natural life, Pi. P. 6.27; τὸ μόρσιμον π. Id. N. 4.61; ἀρετὰ π. ib.43; π. αἶσα, ξυμφορά, etc., A. Pr. 103, S. Ant. 1337, etc.; ὅταν ἔλθῃ τὸ π. τέλος X. Mem. 2.1.33; ἡ π. (with and without μοῖρα) appointed lot, Fate, Destiny, Hdt. 1.91, E. Hec. 43, etc.; twice in Isoc., 1.43, 10.61 (also, οὐ ταῦτα ταύτῃ μοῖρά πω τελεσφόρος κρᾶναι πέπρωται, i.e. ἡ πεπρωμένη μοῖρα οὐ ταῦτα ταύτῃ κρανεῖ, A. Pr. 512); also, τὸ π. Pi. Fr. 232, A. Ag. 68 (anap.), 684 (lyr.), E. Rh. 634; τὰ π. Id. Ion 1388, etc.—Poet. word, pf. part. Pass. being used rarely in Prose (v. supr.). (Cf. Lat. pars, portio.)
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