ΠΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ, ποριστικος
PORISTIKOS, poristikos
Sounds Like: por-is-ti-KOS
Translations: providing, procuring, gainful, profitable, resourceful
From the root: ΠΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'providing' or 'procuring'. It describes something that is able to furnish or supply, often implying a sense of resourcefulness or profitability. It can be used to describe a person who is good at providing for themselves or others, or a thing that is a source of gain or profit.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 9:205
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΟΡΟΙ — ways, passages, fords, means, resources, revenues
- ΠΟΡΟΝ — way, passage, means, resource, a way, a passage, a means, a resource
- ΠΟΡΟΣ — passage, way, means, resource, ford, ferry, a passage, a way, a means
- ΠΟΡΟΥΣ — way, passage, means, resource, ford, a way, a passage, a means, a resource, a ford
- ΠΟΡΩΝ — merchant, a merchant, lacking, being at a loss, being in want, being without resources, middle of the way, middle of the journey
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