porus
English edit
Adjective edit
porus
- Misspelling of porous.
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin porus. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
porus m (invariable)
- pore (a tiny opening in the skin)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “porus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “porus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “porus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “porus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch poreus (“porous”), from French poreux (“porous”), from Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”), from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
porus
Alternative forms edit
- poros (Standard Malay)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “porus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔːrus]
Noun edit
porus m (genitive porī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | porus | porī |
Genitive | porī | porōrum |
Dative | porō | porīs |
Accusative | porum | porōs |
Ablative | porō | porīs |
Vocative | pore | porī |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpoː.rus/, [ˈpoːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔːrus]
Noun edit
pōrus m (genitive pōrī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pōrus | pōrī |
Genitive | pōrī | pōrōrum |
Dative | pōrō | pōrīs |
Accusative | pōrum | pōrōs |
Ablative | pōrō | pōrīs |
Vocative | pōre | pōrī |
References edit
- “porus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- porus 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)
- porus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “porus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “porus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “porus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Latvian edit
Noun edit
porus m
- (dialectal) accusative plural of pors