Portus Ostium

Latin

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Etymology

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Particularly: “portus (“port”) + ostium (“entrance”)?”

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.tus ˈos.ti.um/, [ˈpɔrt̪ʊs̠ ˈɔs̠t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.tus ˈos.ti.um/, [ˈpɔrt̪us ˈɔst̪ium]

Proper noun

Portus Ostium m sg (variously declined, genitive Portūs Ostiī); fourth declension, second declension

Portsmouth (a city in southern England)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun with a second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Portus Ostium
genitive	Portūs Ostiī
dative	Portuī Ostiō
accusative	Portum Ostium
ablative	Portū Ostiō
vocative	Portus Ostium
locative	Portū Ostiī

Synonyms

(city of Portsmouth in southern England): Portus Magnus m