domiporta

Latin

Etymology

From domus (“house”) + portō (“carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /do.miˈpor.ta/, [d̪ɔmɪˈpɔrt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.miˈpor.ta/, [d̪omiˈpɔrt̪ä]

Noun

domiporta f (genitive domiportae); first declension

1. snail

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	domiporta	domiportae
genitive	domiportae	domiportārum
dative	domiportae	domiportīs
accusative	domiportam	domiportās
ablative	domiportā	domiportīs
vocative	domiporta	domiportae

Synonyms

• cochlea

References

• “domiporta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• domiporta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.