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English
Etymology
From the Latin Portus, presumably from portus (“harbour, port”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtəs/
Proper noun
Portus
- (historical) 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
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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): [ˈpɔr.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.tus]
- Homophone: portus
Proper noun
Portus m sg (genitive Portūs); fourth declension
- (more fully “Portus Ostiēnsis Augustī” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”) Portus (large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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