Learn Greek › B2 › πόρος
πόρος
resource /ˈpo.ros/
nounB2#2370 most common
Also: means, pore, ford/passage
Example sentences
Το πρόσωπό μου έχει πολλούς πόρους.
My face has many pores.
Η χώρα μας έχει πολλούς φυσικούς πόρους.
Our country has many natural resources.
Το νερό είναι πολύτιμος πόρος για τον πλανήτη.
Water is a valuable resource for the planet.
Η κυβέρνηση αναζητά νέους πόρους για την οικονομία.
The government is seeking new resources for the economy.
Οι ανθρώπινοι πόροι του οργανισμού μειώθηκαν λόγω της κρίσης.
The organization's human resources shrank because of the crisis.
Ο πόρος του ποταμού χρησίμευε από την αρχαιότητα ως σημείο διάβασης.
The river's ford served as a crossing point since antiquity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πόρος | πόροι |
| Genitive | πόρου | πόρων |
| Accusative | πόρο | πόρους |
| Vocative | πόρε | πόροι |
Word family
πόροιresources, funds (plural)
εύποροςwell-off, having means
άποροςpoor, without means
πορεύομαιto proceed, to journey on
πορθμόςstrait, narrow crossing
Etymology
Πόρος comes from Ancient Greek, where it meant a way through, a passage, or a ford across a river. From that concrete sense of a crossing point, the word extended to mean a means of achieving something, and eventually a resource. The underlying idea, a route that lets you get through or across, still connects the modern senses of pore, ford, and resource.
Learn Greek the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 3,509 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 3,509 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free