πορθμός
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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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /portʰ.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /portʰˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /porθˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /porθˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /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
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πορθμός ho porthmós |
τὼ πορθμώ tṑ porthmṓ |
οἱ πορθμοί hoi porthmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πορθμοῦ toû porthmoû |
τοῖν πορθμοῖν toîn porthmoîn |
τῶν πορθμῶν tôn porthmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πορθμῷ tôi porthmôi |
τοῖν πορθμοῖν toîn porthmoîn |
τοῖς πορθμοῖς toîs porthmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πορθμόν tòn porthmón |
τὼ πορθμώ tṑ porthmṓ |
τοὺς πορθμούς toùs porthmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πορθμέ porthmé |
πορθμώ porthmṓ |
πορθμοί porthmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πορθμεία (porthmeía)
- πορθμεῖον (porthmeîon)
- πόρθμευμα (pórthmeuma)
- πορθμεύς (porthmeús)
- πορθμευτής (porthmeutḗs)
- πορθμευτικός (porthmeutikós)
- πορθμεύω (porthmeúō)
- πορθμήϊον (porthmḗïon)
- πορθμικός (porthmikós)
- πόρθμιον (pórthmion)
- πόρθμιος (pórthmios)
- πορθμίς (porthmís)
- πορθμοφυλακία (porthmophulakía)
Descendants
- Greek: πορθμός (porthmós)
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πορθμός (porthmós) | πορθμοί (porthmoí) |
| genitive | πορθμού (porthmoú) | πορθμών (porthmón) |
| accusative | πορθμό (porthmó) | πορθμούς (porthmoús) |
| vocative | πορθμέ (porthmé) | πορθμοί (porthmoí) |
Further reading
πορθμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
