porus

See also: poruš, pórus, and Porus

English

Noun

porus (plural pori)

1. (botany, dated) A pore.
   • 1923, J. W. Moll, Hindrik Haijo Janssonius, Botanical Pen-Portraits:

     […] sometimes both guard-cells flattened, only the porus being distinct.

Catalan

Alternative forms

• por

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin porus. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔ.ɾus]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

porus m (invariable)

1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

Related terms

• porós

Further reading

• “porus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “porus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “porus”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch poreus (“porous”), from French poreux (“porous”), from Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”), from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈporus/ [ˈpo.rʊs]
• Rhymes: -orus
• Syllabification: po‧rus

Adjective

porus (comparative lebih porus, superlative paling porus)

1. porous, permeate

   Alternative form: poros (Malay)

Related terms

• pori
• porositas

Further reading

• “porus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pér-ye-ti

Proto-Hellenic *péryō

Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō)

Ancient Greek πόρος (póros)bor.

Latin porus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.rus]

Noun

porus m (genitive porī); second declension

1. pore, passage in the body.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros)bor.

Latin pōrus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpoː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.rus]

Noun

pōrus m (genitive pōrī); second declension

1. tufa

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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, 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

Latvian

Noun

porus m

1. (dialectal) accusative plural of pors