portio

Latin

Etymology

From the same root as pars, parcus, and parcō. It is from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (sell), which also gave the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, prostitute), and πέρνημι (pérnēmi, sell).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ti.oː/, [ˈpɔrt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.t͡si.o/, [ˈpɔrt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

portiō f (genitive portiōnis); third declension

  1. share, part, portion
  2. relation, proportion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative portiō portiōnēs
Genitive portiōnis portiōnum
Dative portiōnī portiōnibus
Accusative portiōnem portiōnēs
Ablative portiōne portiōnibus
Vocative portiō portiōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • portio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • portio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • portio 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)
  • portio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • portion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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