portentum

Latin

Noun

portentum n (genitive portentī); second declension

1. omen, presage
2. portent, prodigy, wonder, miracle

   Synonyms: mīrāculum, mōnstrum, ostentum, prōdigium, mīrum

3. monster, a monstrous creature

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	portentum	portenta
genitive	portentī	portentōrum
dative	portentō	portentīs
accusative	portentum	portenta
ablative	portentō	portentīs
vocative	portentum	portenta

Participle

portentum

1. inflection of portentus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• portentum in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• “portentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “portentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• portentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    
  • (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta
    
• “portentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “portentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin