-por
See also: Appendix:Variations of "por"
Latin
Etymology
An archaic collateral form of puer (“a boy in attendance”, “a servant”, “a slave”).
Pronunciation
- -pŏr
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr]
- -pōr
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpoːr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr]
Noun
-pō̆r m (genitive -pōris); third declension
- suffixed to the genitive of the master’s name, forms names of male slaves: “—’s boy” = [gen.] servus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -pō̆r | -pōrēs |
| genitive | -pōris | -pōrum |
| dative | -pōrī | -pōribus |
| accusative | -pōrem | -pōrēs |
| ablative | -pōre | -pōribus |
| vocative | -pō̆r | -pōrēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
- -pora
References
- “por”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- por² in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.