Latin

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Etymology

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From portitor (toll gatherer). Compare portōrium.

Noun

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portitōrium n (genitive portitōriī or portitōrī); second declension

  1. tollhouse, custom house

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative portitōrium portitōria
Genitive portitōriī
portitōrī1
portitōriōrum
Dative portitōriō portitōriīs
Accusative portitōrium portitōria
Ablative portitōriō portitōriīs
Vocative portitōrium portitōria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • portitorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • portitorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • portitorium 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)
  • portitorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • portitorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • portitorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin