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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”), the same root of πείρω (peírō, “to pierce”), πόρος (póros, “means of passage”), Latin portus (“harbour, port”) and Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /portʰ.mós/ → /porθˈmos/ → /porθˈmos/
Noun
πορθμός • (porthmós) m (genitive πορθμοῦ); second declension
- strait, narrow sea, place crossed by a ferry
- (in general) sea
- tube, any narrow passage
- crossing by a ferry, passage
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References
- “πορθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πορθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πορθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πορθμός (porthmós).
Noun
πορθμός • (porthmós) m (plural πορθμοί)
- (nautical) strait, channel, narrows
- Synonym: στενό (stenó)
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