-por

See also: POR, por, and por-

Latin

Etymology

An archaic collateral form of puer (“a boy in attendance”, “a servant”, “a slave”).

Pronunciation

-pŏr

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /por/, [pɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /por/, [pɔr]

-pōr

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poːr/, [poːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /por/, [pɔr]

Noun

-pō̆r m (genitive -pōris); third declension

1. suffixed to the genitive of the master’s name, forms names of male slaves: “—’s boy” = [gen.] servus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-pō̆r	-pōrēs
Genitive	-pōris	-pōrum
Dative	-pōrī	-pōribus
Accusative	-pōrem	-pōrēs
Ablative	-pōre	-pōribus
Vocative	-pō̆r	-pōrēs

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -por

Related terms

• -pora

References

• “por”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• por² in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.