portuosus

Latin

Etymology

From portus (“harbor, port”) +‎ -ōsus (“-y, -ous, -ful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /por.tuˈoː.sus/, [pɔrt̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /por.tuˈo.sus/, [port̪uˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

portuōsus (feminine portuōsa, neuter portuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having many harbors

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	portuōsus	portuōsa	portuōsum		portuōsī	portuōsae	portuōsa
Genitive	portuōsī	portuōsae	portuōsī		portuōsōrum	portuōsārum	portuōsōrum
Dative	portuōsō		portuōsō		portuōsīs
Accusative	portuōsum	portuōsam	portuōsum		portuōsōs	portuōsās	portuōsa
Ablative	portuōsō	portuōsā	portuōsō		portuōsīs
Vocative	portuōse	portuōsa	portuōsum		portuōsī	portuōsae	portuōsa

Derived terms

• importuōsus

Descendants

• → Italian: portuoso

References

• “portuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “portuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• portuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.