Noun: portus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Fourth
Nominative
| Singular | portus |
| Plural | portūs |
Genitive
| Singular | portūs |
| Plural | portuum |
Dative
| Singular | portuī |
| Plural | portibus |
Accusative
| Singular | portum |
| Plural | portūs |
Ablative
| Singular | portū |
| Plural | portibus |
Vocative
| Singular | portus |
| Plural | portūs |
Sample Sentences
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venīmus in portum (We are approaching the port) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.863]
Nouns inflected like portus
frūctus,
scītus,
sessus,
saltus,
socrus,
accubitus,
flūctus,
septemvirātus,
vīctus,
flū̆xus,
olfactus,
pugilātus,
perfectus,
bālātus,
pāstus,
īnfectus,
subrīsus,
sēnsus,
īnflūxus,
arcessītus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Cognates include Northern Kurdish pir (“bridge”), Russian пере́ть (perétʹ, “push forward”), Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”) and Old English ford (English ford). See also porta. See: Old Norse Nouns '
fjǫrðr', Old English Nouns '
ford', English Nouns '
ford'.
Verbs referencing "portus"
English Nouns
port, Catalan Nouns
port, French Nouns
port, Old English Nouns
port, Romanian Nouns
port, Galician Nouns
porto, Italian Nouns
porto, Portuguese Nouns
porto, Hungarian Nouns
part, Old Spanish Nouns
puerto, Spanish Nouns
puerto, Belarusan Nouns
порт, Bulgarian Nouns
порт, Russian Nouns
порт, Ukrainian Nouns
порт, Spanish Nouns
fiordo, Asturian Nouns
puertu, German Nouns
Port, Faroese Nouns
portur, Ancient Greek Nouns
πορθμός.
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