porus

See also: poruš, pórus, and Porus

English

Adjective

porus

1. Misspelling of porous.

Catalan

Alternative forms

• por

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin porus. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔ.ɾus]

Noun

porus m (invariable)

1. pore (a tiny opening in the skin)

Related terms

• porós

Further reading

• “porus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “porus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “porus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch poreus (“porous”), from French poreux (“porous”), from Old French poros, from Latin porus (“an opening”), from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rʊs/
• Rhymes: -rʊs
• Hyphenation: po‧rus

Adjective

porus

1. porous, permeate

Alternative forms

• poros (Standard Malay)

Related terms

• pori
• porositas

Further reading

• “porus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔːrus]

Noun

porus m (genitive porī); second declension

1. pore, passage in the body.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	porus	porī
genitive	porī	porōrum
dative	porō	porīs
accusative	porum	porōs
ablative	porō	porīs
vocative	pore	porī

Descendants

• Catalan: porus, por
• French: pore
• Galician: poro
• Italian: poro
• Portuguese: poro
• Spanish: poro

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.rus/, [ˈpoːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.rus/, [ˈpɔːrus]

Noun

pōrus m (genitive pōrī); second declension

1. tufa

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pōrus	pōrī
genitive	pōrī	pōrōrum
dative	pōrō	pōrīs
accusative	pōrum	pōrōs
ablative	pōrō	pōrīs
vocative	pōre	pōrī

References

• “porus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "porus", 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)
• porus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “porus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “porus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “porus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Latvian

Noun

porus m

1. (dialectal) accusative plural of pors