porticus

Latin

Etymology

From porta.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ti.kus/, [ˈpɔr.tɪ.kʊs]

Noun

porticus f (genitive porticūs); fourth declension

  1. colonnade, arcade
  2. portico

Inflection

Fourth declension.

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, 1883–1887)
  • porticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 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
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