porticus
Latin
Etymology
From porta.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ti.kus/, [ˈpɔrt̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ti.kus/, [ˈpɔrt̪ikus]
Noun
porticus f (genitive porticūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | porticus | porticūs |
| Genitive | porticūs | porticuum |
| Dative | porticuī | porticibus |
| Accusative | porticum | porticūs |
| Ablative | porticū | porticibus |
| Vocative | porticus | porticūs |
Descendants
References
- “porticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “porticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- porticus 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)
- porticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to undertake a contract for building a portico: redimere, conducere porticum aedificandam (Div. 2. 21. 47)
- to undertake a contract for building a portico: redimere, conducere porticum aedificandam (Div. 2. 21. 47)
- “porticus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “porticus”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- “porticus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin