portativus

portativus [ML < CL portatus p. ppl. of portare, portatio+ivus] 1 of or for carrying. b (as sb. m.) one who carries or transports, carrier (also passing into surname). c (as sb. n.) thing fit for carrying or bearing. 1311 civera ~a Fabr. Exon. 57; nec ex hoc sequitur quod omne portativum sit eque ~um; quia unum excedit aliud quo ad sufficienciam diuturne portacionis, quantum ad modum portandi, erecte vel decline, alcius vel bassius Wycl. Log. II 160. b 1435 Willelmo Askby meum ~um me ministranti fieri sacerdotem pro suo diligenti labore Wills N. Country I 44; 1466 pro certis pannis laneis ‥ liberatis Johanni ~is pro indumentis domine Marie ExchScot 423; 1474 Johanni de ~is ExchScot 257. c omne ~um Wycl. Log. II 160 (v. 1a supra). 2 that can be carried or transported, portable. 1432 portiforium et missale mea portitiva Reg. Cant. II 493.

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