portorium Latin · revision 10117

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''portōrium''' ''n'' (genitive portōriī or portōrī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has the dative plural ''portorieis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD derives it from ⟨*portitōrium⟩, from [[portitor]] “toll collector” with [[m|la|-ium]].^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary connects it with [[porta]] “gate”, and Gaffiot with [[portus]] “harbour” or [[portō]] “to carry”.^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a payment levied on goods passing through a port, frontier or other barrier, a customs duty, toll, as in Cicero and Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it, by association with ''portāre'', for a kind of staff or walking stick.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A customs [[m|en|duty]], [[m|en|toll]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A walking stick.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[portitor]]

+ * [[portus]]

+ * [[porta]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}