-por
Latin
Etymology
An archaic collateral form of puer (“a boy in attendance”, “a servant”, “a slave”).
Pronunciation
- -pŏr
- (Classical) IPA(key): /por/, [pɔr]
- -pōr
- (Classical) IPA(key): /poːr/
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.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -pō̆r | -pōrēs |
| genitive | -pōris | -pōrum |
| dative | -pōrī | -pōribus |
| accusative | -pōrem | -pōrēs |
| ablative | -pōre | -pōribus |
| vocative | -pō̆r | -pōrēs |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-por'>Latin words suffixed with -por</a>
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
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