angiportus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow”) + portus which meant "crossing" in PIE times, but "harbor" in Latin.

Noun

angiportus m (genitive angiportūs); fourth declension

  1. alley, lane (narrow street)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative angiportus angiportūs
genitive angiportūs angiportuum
dative angiportuī angiportibus
accusative angiportum angiportūs
ablative angiportū angiportibus
vocative angiportus angiportūs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: angiporto

References

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