porus

See also: poruš and pórus

Catalan

Alternative forms

• por

Etymology

From Latin porus, attested from the 14th century.

Noun

porus m (invariable)

1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

Related terms

• porós

Further reading

• “porus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “porus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “porus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔːrus]

Noun

porus m (genitive porī); second declension

1. pore, passage in the body.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porus	porī
Genitive	porī	porōrum
Dative	porō	porīs
Accusative	porum	porōs
Ablative	porō	porīs
Vocative	pore	porī

Descendants

• Catalan: porus, por
• French: pore
• Galician: poro
• Italian: poro
• Portuguese: poro
• Spanish: poro

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.rus/, [ˈpoːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔːrus]

Noun

pōrus m (genitive pōrī); second declension

1. tufa

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pōrus	pōrī
Genitive	pōrī	pōrōrum
Dative	pōrō	pōrīs
Accusative	pōrum	pōrōs
Ablative	pōrō	pōrīs
Vocative	pōre	pōrī

References

• “porus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• porus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• porus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “porus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “porus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “porus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Latvian

Noun

porus m

1. (dialectal form) (deprecated template usage) accusative plural form of pors