portorium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From porta (“gate”), or, as it appears in Plautus, possibly from an earlier stage of the language having an equivalent etymology. Compare portitōrium.
Noun edit
portōrium n (genitive portōriī or portōrī); second declension
- (in Roman Republic) port duty, levie paid by ships to finance upkeep of public harbours
- (in Roman Empire) 1/40 (2.5%) custom-tax on trade between Roman provinces
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | portōrium | portōria |
| Genitive | portōriī portōrī1 |
portōriōrum |
| Dative | portōriō | portōriīs |
| Accusative | portōrium | portōria |
| Ablative | portōriō | portōriīs |
| Vocative | portōrium | portōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “portorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “portorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- portorium 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)
- portorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “portorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “portorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin