πορ-ισμός, ὁ,
providing, procuring, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.112.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; earning a living, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.172; ἐφήμερος π. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.44J.; συγγνώμης 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.21.3: _absolutely_, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 4.448 (_plural_)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; money-getting, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.524d, 92b (_plural_), 136c (_plural_), etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; means of gain, [[ 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.8; δυσὶ π., γεωργίᾳ καὶ φειδοῖ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 25; π. μέγας ἡ εὐσέβεια NT.1Tim.6.6 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; means of livelihood, [[ 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 11p.59H. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]