πορεία

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From πορεύω (poreúō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

πορείᾱ • (poreíāf (genitive πορείᾱς); first declension

  1. mode of walking or running, gait
  2. journey
  3. (military) march
    • c. 450 CE – 470 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186–192:[1]
      δώδεκα δὲ ξύμπαντας ἐκόσμεον ἡγεμονῆες,
      Σπαργεύς τε Γληνεύς τε χοροίτυπος, ἀλλοφυὴς δὲ
      σύνδρομος Εὐρυβίῳ σταφυληκόμος ἵκετο Κητεύς,
      καὶ Ῥιφόνῳ Πετραῖος ὁμάρτεεν, ἀκροπότης δὲ
      Αἴσακος Ὀρθάων τε συνέστιχον, οἷς μίαν ἄμφω
      Ἀμφίθεμις καὶ Φαῦνος ἐποιήσαντο πορείην,
      εὐκεράῳ δὲ Φάνητι συνέμπορος ἦλθε Νομείων.
      dṓdeka dè xúmpantas ekósmeon hēgemonêes,
      Spargeús te Glēneús te khoroítupos, allophuḕs dè
      súndromos Eurubíōi staphulēkómos híketo Kēteús,
      kaì Rhiphónōi Petraîos homárteen, akropótēs dè
      Aísakos Ortháōn te sunéstikhon, hoîs mían ámphō
      Amphíthemis kaì Phaûnos epoiḗsanto poreíēn,
      eukeráōi dè Phánēti sunémporos êlthe Nomeíōn.
      • 1940 translation by William Henry Denham Rouse[2]
        Twelve captains commanded them all: Spargeus and Gleneus the dancer, and beside Eurybios the strange figure of Ceteus the vinedresser; Petraios with Rhiphonos, Aisacos the deep drinker and Orthaon, with whom marched both Amphithemis and Phaunos, and Nomeion side by side with wellhorned Phanes.
  4. (generally) course taken by a person
  5. travelling expenses
  6. visitation, inspection

Declension

Descendants

  • ?Greek: πορεία (poreía)

Further reading

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Etymology

Noun

πορεία • (poreíaf (plural πορείες)

  1. course, track, direction of movement

Declension

Declension of πορεία
singular plural
nominative πορεία (poreía) πορείες (poreíes)
genitive πορείας (poreías) πορειών (poreión)
accusative πορεία (poreía) πορείες (poreíes)
vocative πορεία (poreía) πορείες (poreíes)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: پویرا (poyra, hub of a wheel)