The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ponobhavika (adj.) [fr. punabbhava, with preservation of the second o (puno> puna1) see puna] leading to
rebirth M i.48, 299, 464, 532; S iii.26; iv.186; D iii.57; A ii.11 sq., 172; iii.84, 86; v.88; Nett 72; Vism 506;
VbhA 110.
Ponti
Ponti (vv. ll. po&hi, sonti) Th 2, 422, 423 is doubtful; the expln at ThA 269 is "pilotik!kha*.a," thus "rags
(of an ascetic)," cp. J.P.T.S. 1884. See also pottha1, with which evidently identical, though misread.
Por!*a
Por!*a (adj.) [=pur!*a, cp. Epic Sk. paur!*a] old, ancient, former D i.71, 238; S ii.267; Sn 313; Dh 227
(cp. DhA iii.328); J ii.15 (˚k!le in the past); VbhA 1 (˚a&&hakath!), 523 (id.); KhA 247 (˚p!&ha); SnA 131
(id.); DhA i.17; PvA 1 (˚a&&hakath!), 63. -- Por!*! (pl.) the ancients, ancient authorities or writers Vism
passim esp. Note, 764; KhA 123, 158; SnA 291, 352, 604; VbhA 130, 254, 299, 397, 513.
Por!*aka
Por!*aka (adj.) [fr. por!*a] 1. ancient, former, of old (cp. pur!*a 1) J iii.16 (˚pa*.it!); PvA 93 (id.), 99
(id.); DhA i.346 (kula -- santaka). -- 2. old, worn, much used (cp. pur!*a 2) J iv.471 (magga).
Porin
Porin (adj.) [fr. pora=Epic Sk. paura citizen, see pura. Semantically cp. urbane>urbanus>urbs; polite=
poli/ths>po/lis. For pop. etym. see DA i.73 & 282] belonging to a citizen, i. e. citizenlike, urbane, polite,
usually in phrase por" v!c! polite speech D i.4, 114; S i.189; ii.280=A ii.51; A iii.114; Pug 57; Dhs 1344;
DA i.75, 282; DhsA 397. Cp. BSk. paur" v!c! MVastu iii.322.
Porisa
Porisa1 (adj. -- n.) [abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauru+a or *puru- +ya)] 1. (adj.) human, fit for a man Sn 256
(porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya. -- 2. (m.)=purisa, esp. in sense of purisa 2, i. e. servant, used
collectively (abstract formn like Ger. dienerschaft, E. service= servants) "servants" esp. in phrase d!sa --
kammakaraporisa Vin i.240; A i.145, 206; ii.78; iii.45, 76, 260; DhA iv.1; d!sa˚ a servant Sn 769 (three
kinds mentioned at Nd1 11, viz. bha&ak! kammakar! upaj"vino); r!ja˚ king's service, servant of the king D
i.135; A iv.286, 322; sata˚ a hundred servants Vism 121. For purisa in uttama˚ (=mah!purisa) Dh 97 (cp.
DhA ii.188). Cp. posa.
Porisa
Porisa2 (nt.) [abstr. fr. purisa, *pauru+ya', cp. porisiya and poroseyya] 1. business, doing of a man (or
servant, cp. purisa 2), service, occupation; human doing, activity M i.85 (r!ja˚); Vv 6311 (=purisa -- kicca
VvA 263); Pv iv.324 (u&&h!na˚=purisa -- viriya, purisa -- k!ra PvA 252). -- 2. height of a man M. i.74, 187,
365.
Porisat!
Porisat! (f.) [abstr. fr. porisa], only in neg. a˚ inhuman or superhuman state, or: not served by any men (or
servants) VvA 275. The reading is uncertain.
Poris!da