πορ-ιστής,
οῦ,
ὁ,
A). one who supplies or
provides, π. τῶν κακῶν τῷ δήμῳ Th. 8.48 ;
φύλαξ καὶ π. ἀλλοτρίων χρημάτων Eus.Mynd. 24 ;
δόξης Phld. Rh. 2.53 S.( Comp.).
2). pl., at Athens,
a financial board appointed to raise extraordinary supplies, Ar. Ra. 1505 ,
Antipho 6.49 , etc.: hence metaph.,
τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοὶ ταμίαι καὶ π. D. 4.33 .
3). the name used by robbers of themselves,
οἱ λῃσταὶ αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσι νῦν Arist. Rh. 1405a26 .