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Latin
Etymology
From the descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow”) + portus which meant "crossing" in PIE times, but "harbor" in Latin.
Noun
angiportus m (genitive angiportūs); fourth declension
- alley, lane (narrow street)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
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References
- “angiportus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- angiportus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “angiportus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “angiportus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin