Definition of portus. Meaning of portus. Synonyms of portus

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Definition of portus

portus
Portass Por"tass, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously portace, portasse, portesse, portise, porthose, portos, portus, portuse, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

Meaning of portus from wikipedia

- the harbour the name of "Portus Augusti". It was probably Claudius who constructed the new direct road from Rome to Portus, the Via Portuensis, which...
- Look up portus or Portus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Portus (which means "harbour" in Latin) may refer to Portus, a harbour of ancient Rome and...
- 40°49′42″N 14°5′41″E / 40.82833°N 14.09472°E / 40.82833; 14.09472 Portus Julius (alternatively spelled in the Latin Iulius) was the first harbour specifically...
- Itius Portus or Portus Itius was the ancient Roman name for a sea port on the English Channel in what is now Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, though its precise...
- [ˈkɾistjam poɾtuˈɣes manθaˈneɾa]; born 21 May 1992), commonly known as Portu ([ˈpoɾtu]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for La...
- ports were known as portus magnus ("grand port") : Portus Magnus, Spain: modern Almería Portus Magnus, Algeria: modern Bethioua Portus Magnus, Egypt: modern...
- Douro River, including the city of Portus Cale, and founded the First County of Portugal or Condado de Portucale. Portus Cale is thus the former name of...
- Menelai Portus or Menelaus Portus or Port of Menelaus (Ancient Gr****: Μενελάϊος λίμην), also called Menelaita, was an ancient city with a port on the...
- existence of a pretended plot against the royal family. Portus died in Geneva on 5 June 1581. Portus corrected and annotated the texts of many Ancient Gr****...
- the 2nd century Geographia of Ptolemy. Recorded there is the placename Portus Setantiorum (Port of the Setantii). Its precise location remains unknown...