portitor

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From portus.

Noun

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portitor m (genitive portitōris); third declension

  1. tollgatherer (at a seaport), receiver or collector of customs, custom-house officer
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From portō. Compare portātor.

Noun

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portitor m (genitive portitōris); third declension

  1. bearer, carrier, conveyer
  2. (by water) ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner
  3. (by land) carter, wagoner
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

References

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  • portitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • portitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • portitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • portitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • portitor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers