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Latin
Etymology 1
From portus.
Noun
portitor m (genitive portitōris); third declension
- tollgatherer (at a seaport), receiver or collector of customs, custom-house officer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From portō. Compare portātor.
Noun
portitor m (genitive portitōris); third declension
- bearer, carrier, conveyer
- (by water) ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner
- (by land) carter, wagoner
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “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