Portus

See also: portus

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Portus, presumably from portus (“harbour, port”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːtəs/

Proper noun

Portus

1. (historical, Roman Empire) A large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome, situated on the north bank of the mouth of the River Tiber, established and enlarged (respectively) by the Emperors Claudius (10 BC–AD 54) and Trajan (AD 53–117), and connected to the Pons Aemilius of Rome by the Via Portuensis.

Translations

large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• Ostia

Further reading

• Portus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Proust, Sprout, Stroup, Troups, sprout, stupor

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Latin

Etymology

Presumably a use as a proper noun of the common noun portus (“harbour”, “port”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.tus/, [ˈpɔrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.tus/, [ˈpɔrt̪us]
• Homophone: portus

Proper noun

Portus m sg (genitive Portūs); fourth declension

1. (more fully “Portus Ostiēnsis Augustī” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”) Portus (large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Portus
Genitive	Portūs
Dative	Portuī
Accusative	Portum
Ablative	Portū
Vocative	Portus
Locative	Portū

Descendants

• English: Portus
• Italian: Porto

See also

• Ostia