portus – Latin noun declension

Latin noun forms of portus

Noun: portus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine Declension: Fourth

Nominative

Singularportus
Pluralportūs

Genitive

Singularportūs
Pluralportuum

Dative

Singularportuī
Pluralportibus

Accusative

Singularportum
Pluralportūs

Ablative

Singularportū
Pluralportibus

Vocative

Singularportus
Pluralportūs

Sample Sentences

  • venīmus in portum (We are approaching the port) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.863]

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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