ποριστής
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.).
b.
abs., money-maker, J. AJ 19.2.5.
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.