Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (narrow) + portus which meant "crossing" in PIE times, but "harbor" in Latin.

Noun edit

angiportus m (genitive angiportūs); fourth declension

  1. alley, lane (narrow street)

Declension edit

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative angiportus angiportūs
Genitive angiportūs angiportuum
Dative angiportuī angiportibus
Accusative angiportum angiportūs
Ablative angiportū angiportibus
Vocative angiportus angiportūs

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Italian: angiporto

References edit

  • angiportus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • angiportus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • angiportus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • angiportus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin