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

Noun

portiō f (genitive portiōnis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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, 1883–1887)
  • portio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • portion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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