3. periphr.,πόροι ἁλόςthepathsof the sea, i.e. the sea, Od. 12.259 ; Αἰγαίου πόντοιο πλατὺς π.
D.P. 131
; ἐνάλιοι π.
A. Pers. 453
;π.ἁλίρροθοιib. 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 streamof 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,
IG 7.93
(Megara, V A.D. , restd.), Epigr.Gr. 1073.4 (Samos).
5. generally,pathway, way,
A. Ag. 910 , S. Ph. 705 (lyr.), etc.;trackof a wild beast, X. Cyr. 1.6.40 ;αἰθέρα θ' ἁγνὸν πόρον οἰωνῶνtheirpathway,
Gal. 10.268 ; so of sponges, Arist. HA 548b31 ; of plants, Id. Pr. 905b8 , Thphr. CP 1.2.4 , HP 1.10.5 .
b. of otherductsoropeningsof the body,π. πρῶτος,of the womb, Hp. ap. Poll. 2.222 ;πόροι σπερματικοί, θορικοὶ π.,
Arist. GA 716b17 , 720b13 ;π.
ὑστερικοί the ovaries.
Id. HA 570a5
, al.;τροφῆς π.,of the oesophagus, Id. PA 650a15 , al.; of the rectum, Id. GA 719b29 ; of the urinal duct, ib. 773a21 ; of the arteries and veins, Id. HA 510a14 , etc.
c. passagesleading from the organs of sensation to the brain, ψυχὴ παρεσπαρμένη τοῖς π.
Pl. Ax. 366a
; οἱ π. τοῦ ὄμματος
Arist. Sens. 438b14
, cf. HA 495a11 , PA 656b17 ;ὤτων, μυκτήρων,
Id. GA 775a2 , cf. 744a2 ; of the optic nerves, Heroph. ap. Gal. 7.89 .
II. c. gen. rei,wayormeans of achieving, accomplishing, discovering,etc., οὐκ ἐδύνατο π. οὐδένα τούτου ἀνευρεῖν