πορεῖον

πορ-εῖον,τό,

• means of conveyance, carriage, GDI 5043 (Crete), Pl. Lg. 678c, v.l. in Id. Ti. 44e; π. ὑπότροχα trolleys for conveying ships by land, Plb. 8.34.11, cf. SIG 581.23 (Hierapytna, ii B.C.); τὸ σκῆπτρον Ἑρμοῦ προκαθηγέτου ἐστὶ π., τούτῳ γὰρ κατάγει φυχάς BSA 16.107 (Attalia):—Dor. and Aeol. πορήϊον GDI 5040.29 (Crete), Milet. 3 No.152.13 (Methymna, ii B.C.).
• • II load, PPetr. 2 p.128 (iii B.C.), etc.; written πορῆον, PTeb. 195 (i B.C.), etc.