Definition of portus. Meaning of portus. Synonyms of portus

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Definition of portus

portus
Portass Por"tass, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously portace, portasse, portesse, portise, porthose, portos, portus, portuse, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden. By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.

Meaning of portus from wikipedia

- the harbour the name of "Portus Augusti". It was probably Claudius who constructed the new direct road from Rome to Portus, the Via Portuensis, which...
- 40°49′42″N 14°5′41″E / 40.82833°N 14.09472°E / 40.82833; 14.09472 Portus Julius (alternatively spelled in the Latin Iulius) was the first harbour specifically...
- pronunciation: [ˈkɾistjam poɾtuˈɣes manθaˈneɾa]; born 21 May 1992), commonly known as Portu ([ˈpoɾtu]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder...
- Douro River, including the city of Portus Cale, and founded the First County of Portugal or Condado de Portucale. Portus Cale is thus the former name of...
- Look up portus or Portus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Portus (which means "harbour" in Latin) may refer to Portus, a harbour of ancient Rome and...
- ports were known as portus magnus ("grand port") : Portus Magnus, Spain: modern Almería Portus Magnus, Algeria: modern Bethioua Portus Magnus, Egypt: modern...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portus Adurni. Portchester Castle Roman Britain Guide to the Roman fort of Portus Adurni (Portchester). A Guide to Portchester...
- Itius Portus or Portus Itius was the ancient Roman name for a sea port on the English Channel in what is now Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, though its precise...
- Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn] (listen); Hessian: Frangford am Maa, pronounced [ˈfʁɑŋfɔɐ̯t am ˈmãː]; lit. "Frank...
- nearby in the mid-6th century BC, known by their Roman names Portus Magonis and Portus Hannibalis ("Hannibal's Port"). The former was the nucleus of...