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πόριμος, able to provide, full of resources, inventive, contriving

πόρ-ῐμος, ον also η, ον Hp. Acut. 50:—
  • able to provide, resourceful, inventive, Gorg. Pal. 25; πόριμον αὑτῷ, τῇ πόλει δʼ ἀμήχανον Ar. Ra. 1429; πόριμος τόλμα Id. Pax 1031; φρονήσεως ἐπιθυμητὴς καὶ π. [ὁ ἔρως] Pl. Smp. 203d; ῥήτωρ Poll. 4.34: c. acc., ἄπορα πόριμος making possible the impossible, A. Pr. 904 (lyr.).
      • 2 of things, affording means of safety, saving, ἔργον Ar. Th. 777; ἐπιβολή Anon. ap. Suid. (Sup.); [τὸ] π. the profitable, Gal. 5.751.
      • 3 Medic., finding or making a passage, ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ γλυκέος οἴνου φῦσα π. Hipp. l.c.; passing rapidly through the system, τροφή Gal. 6.570.
    • II Pass., compassable, practicable, ἄπορα γίγνεται τὰ π. J. AJProoem. 3; ἔρωτι πάντα π. Luc. Dem.Enc. 14.
      • 2 well-provided, ποριμώτεροι ἐς πάντα Th. 8.76; ἐποίησε τὸν ἀνθρώπινον βίον π. ἐξ ἀπόρου Gorg. Pal. 30.

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