Πώρου (Porou)

Πώρου is an Ancient Greek form of Πῶρος, meaning “Poros — the Greek form of the name of two Indian kings at the period of Alexander's invasion”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of πωρόω, “petrify; cause a stone”.

It can also be a form of πῶρος, “stone; conglomerate”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 27 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute 1.11: … ἐχθρότερος ἢ δυστυχοῦσιν ἡμερώτερος; τίς μαχομένοις βαρύτερος ἢ δεομένοις εὐγνωμονέστερος; ἔπεισί μοι τὸ τοῦ Πώρου δεῦρο μετενεγκεῖν. ἐκεῖνος γὰρ ὡς ἤχθη πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον, πυθομένου πῶς αὐτῷ χρήσηται, βασιλικῶς εἶπεν ὦ Ἀλέξαν …

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 5.12.4: … ιβᾶσα καὶ ὅσους τῶν πεζῶν τὰ πλοῖα ἐδέχετο ἐπέρα κατὰ τὴν νῆσον, ὡς μὴ πρόσθεν ὀφθεῖεν πρὸς τῶν σκοπῶν τῶν ἐκ πώρου καθεστηκότων πρὶν παραλλάξαντας τὴν νῆσον ὀλίγον ἔτι ἀπέχειν τῆς ὄχθης.

All forms of Πῶρος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.