portus

huc delati portum intraverunt
having arrived here, we entered the port

portus , ūs, m.: a port, harbor, haven, 1.159, et al; (fig.), 7.598.

portus, ūs (gen. sing. porti, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 20: dat. plur. portibus, Liv. 27, 30, 7 et saep.; a better form than portubus), m. [por, whence porto, portitor].—Prop., an entrance; hence,

• I A harbor, haven, port: Lunai portus, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.): portus Caietae, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; cf.: in Graeciae portus, id. ib. 1, 3, 5: e portu solvere, to sail out of port, id. Mur. 2, 4; so, e portu proficisci, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: ex portu exire, id. B. C. 2, 4: ex portu naves educere, id. ib. 1, 57; 2, 22: portum linquere, Verg. A. 3, 289: petere, to sail into, to enter, Cic. Planc. 39, 94; Verg. A. 1, 194: capere, Caes. B. G. 4, 36: occupare, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32: in portum venire, to enter the port, Cic. Sen. 19, 71; so, in portum ex alto invehi, id. Mur. 2, 4: in portum deferri, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19: in portum pervenire, Caes. B. G. 4, 22: in portum se recipere, id. B. C. 2, 22: in portum navim cogere (al. conicere), Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98: in portum penetrare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96: portum tenere, to reach a port, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21: in portum voluntatis deduci, Vulg. Psa. 106, 30: in portu operam dare, to be an officer of the customs, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171; 2, 2, 72, § 176.—With reference to the import-duty to be paid in ports: ex portu vectigal conservare, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171. —Prov.: in portu navigare, i. e. to be in safety, out of all danger, Ter. And. 480; so, in portu esse, Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4.—
• • • 2 Poet., transf., the mouth of a river, where it empties into the sea, Ov. H. 14, 107; id. Am. 2, 13, 10.—
  • B Trop., as also the Greek λιμήν, and our haven, a place of refuge, an asylum, retreat (class.; a favorite trope of Cicero): portus corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.): tamquam portum aliquem exspecto illam solitudinem, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; so with tamquam, id. Brut. 2, 8: se in philosophiae portum conferre, id. Fam. 7, 30, 2: regum, populorum, nationum portus erat et refugium senatus, id. Off. 2, 8, 26: exsilium non supplicium est, sed perfugium portusque supplicii, id. Caecin. 34, 100; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118: hic portus, haec arx, haec ara sociorum, id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126; so, nam mihi parta quies, omnisque in limine portus, i. e. security is at hand, Verg. A. 7, 598: venias portus et ara tuis, Ov. H. 1, 110: vos eritis nostrae portus et ara fugae, id. P. 2, 8, 68. —
• II In the oldest Latinity, a house (as a place which one enters): portum in XII. pro domo positum omnes fere consentiunt, Fest. p. 233 Müll.—*
• III A warehouse: portus appellatus est conclusus locus, quo importantur merces et inde exportantur, Dig. 50, 16, 59: Licini, Cassiod. Var. 1, 25.

portus, ūs, m. (porta), die Einfahrt, der Eingang, I) die Seeeinfahrt, der Hafen, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: os (Mündung) portus, Liv., verb. aditus atque os portus, Cic.: portus Caietae celeberrimus, Cic.: maritimi portus frequentati aut deserti, Liv.: e portu proficisci, Caes.: e portu solvere, Cic.: ex portu exire, Caes.: ex portu naves educere, Caes.: portum petere (lossteuern auf den H.), Cic.: portum capere, den H. erreichen, in den H. einlaufen, Caes.; poet. portum tangere, Verg.: in portum pervehi, v. Pers.u. Schiffen, Cic.: in portum ex alto invehi, Cic.: in portum deferri, Cornif. rhet.: in portum ex longa navigatione venire, Cic.: in portum pervenire, Caes.: in portum se recipere, Caes.: in portum penetrare, Cic. – als Zollstätte, in portu operas dare, Zollbedienter sein, Cic.: magister portus, Cic. – Sprichw., in portu esse, navigare, in Sicherheit-, außer aller Gefahr sein, Cic. ep. 9, 6, 4. Ter. Andr. 480. – 2) übtr., der Ausfluß, die Mündung eines Stromes ins Meer, Ov. her. 14, 107 u.a. – B) bildl., der Hafen = die Zuflucht, senatus erat portus et refugium nationum, Cic.: se in philosophiae portum conferre, Cic.: nos autem alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus, in quem mallem equidem pervehi florente Bruto nostro constitutāque re publicā, Cic.: perfugium portusque supplicii, Cic.: vos estis nostrae portus et ara fugae, Ov.: p. corporis, vom Grabe, Enn. fr. – II) die Niederlage, das Magazin, Ulp. dig. 50, 16, 59: p. Licini, Cassiod. var. 1, 25, 2. Vgl. L. Preller Die Reg. der Stadt Rom S. 103. – III) das Haus als Eingangsort, ob portum obvagulatum ito, XII tabb. bei Fest. 233 (a), 30. – ➳ Dat. u. Abl. Plur. portibus, aber auch portubus, s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 554. Halm Cic. de imp. Pomp. 6, 16. p. 117 u. 18, 55. p. 190. – Archaist. Genet. porti, Turpil. com. 49.

1 portus v. 1 portum

2 portus [CLalso as 2nd decl.], ~is, ~uus 1 harbour, port. b (~us salutis) safe haven; c (in fig. context or fig., esp. w. ref. to refuge or shelter); d (in place-name); e (in personal name, esp. passing into surname). ac si marinis fluctibus jactatus et in optato evectus ~u [v. l. optatum ‥ ~um] remis Gildas EB 65; ut saltem in portu quassatus navita flustris / ad requiem tendens obtata sorte fruatur Aldh. VirgV 2810; tres viri fratres, pulsato signo, ante ~um praefatae insulae steterunt, ad quos ‥ S. Guthlac ‥ successit Felix Guthl. 40 p. 126; perduxit eum ad ~um ‥ ubi ‥ aliquantisper moratus ‥ navigavit ad Brittaniam Bede HE IV 1 p. 203; Angiportos, nomen ~i Gl. Leid. 4. 93; in introitu ~us de Dovere est unum molendinum (Kent) DB I 1ra; c1105 (1241) mercatio die Jovis quaqua ebdomada ‥ in omnibus porthis et burgis meis CalCh I 258; c1163 in transitibus pontium et maris ~uum per totam Angliam Act. Hen. II 373; c1250 concedo ut apud Eadwardestowe sit porthum et mercatio die Jovis quaqua ebdomada Cart. Beauchamp 58.  b navigantes prospere ~um salutis tenuerunt V. Cuthb. II 4; navis autem sic ordinetur nostra quod ad ~um salutis applicetur Neckam Ut. 115; 1440 supervisum apercionis quarumcumque mercandisarum custumabilium ad ~um salutis applicatarum et extra portum exeuncium Pat 448 m. 14.  c ad ~um [gl.: ~us est navium status] coenubialis vitae festinantes Aldh. VirgP 10 p. 238; ut sit virginitas patria, castitas ~us [gl.: est statio navium, tutissima navium statio] Ib. 19 p. 248; optatum silentii ~um [gl.: ~us dictus a deportandis commerciis] sero attigit Ib. 59 p. 320; ad portum vitae ‥ gubernent Alcuin SS Ebor 1657 (v. gubernare 1b); [ad Angliam] velut ad unicum tute quietis ~um ‥ appellebant W. Malm. GR V 410; ad conjugii ~um de fornicationis naufragio fugientes Ailr. Spec. Car. III 35. 91. 611; 1171 ~us mortis et porta vite P. Blois Ep. 27. 93A.  d a rege, hospitandi gratia, in castellum quod vocitabat ~um Gaudii [Chateau Gaillard] ‥ destinatur Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 6 p. 103; c1370 ~um Verrinum [gl.: vocatur Le Groyne: est in mare ut rostrum porci, ubi intraverunt terram] sic intravere marinum Pol. Poems I 112; s1286 volens apud ~um Regine [Queensferry] in Laudoniam transfretare Plusc. VII 32 p. 111.  e c1085 Hugoni de ~u salutem (Ch. Wint.) EHR XXXV 386; 1161 Isemberto de ~u heredibusque ejus Act. Hen. II I 336. 2 (Quinque ~us or ellipt.) Cinque Ports. 1161 ad locand’ naves V ~uum Pipe 59; 1224 de navibus V ~uum. rex baronibus de V ~ubus salutem Pat 435; 1236 in Cancia sunt lxvj hundredi preter Middeltune, Cantuariam, Quinque ~uos, Roffam ‥ Cust. Battle 126; 1242 consilio ‥ baronum ‥ de Quinque ~ubus RGasc I 2a; qui Angliam intrare non valens, navigio Quinque ~uum mare occupante ‥ Trevet Ann. 262; s1327 de Londoniis et aliis civitatibus ‥ et precipue de ~ubus [v. l. Quinque ~ubus] Ad. Mur. Chr. 51; rex solebat mittere brevia sua custodi Quinque ~uum Mod. Ten. Parl. 375. 3 tax levied for use of port or harbour, harbour-dues. b due or rent that brings income. burgenses ‥ reddebant de theloneo xx sol’ ‥ de ~u xxxv sol’ de pastura vij sol’ et iij den’ (Suss) DB I 20va.  b 1464 annuum ~um centum solidorum quam prior et conventus prioratus de Wenlok ad capitalem domum ejusdem prioratus in partibus transmarinis reddere solebant Cl 316 m. 5. 4 (cf. et. AS port) borough, town, or city (that has a port or harbour). b (curia ~us) portmote. c733 in Lundoniensi ~u CS 149; 857 quod habeat intus liberaliter modium et pondera et mensura[m] sicut in ~o mos est CS 492; si curet amicitiam ipsius ~i, reddat nobis triginta solidos emendationis (Quad.) GAS 234; ipsi qui ~os custodiunt, eciant ‥ (Ib.) Ib. 236; via regia dicitur que ‥ ducit in civitatem vel burgum vel castrum vel ~um regium (Leg. Hen. 80. 3a) Ib. 596.  b 1544 curia ~is domini regis tenta ibidem CourtR 155/20.

portŭs, (8) ūs, m. (cf. porta ), [sens premier] ouverture, passage, cf. angiportus ¶ 1 port : portu solvere Cic. Mur. 4, mettre à la voile, appareiller ; in portu operas dare Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 171, être receveur dans un port [percevoir les droits de douane] ; portum tenere Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21, toucher à un port ; in portu esse Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4, ou navigare Ter. Andr. 480, être dans le port, hors dʼaffaire, hors de danger || [fig.] asile, refuge, retraite : in philosophiæ portum se conferre Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 2, se réfugier dans le sein de la philosophie ; perfugium portusque supplicii Cic. Cæc. 100, un asile et un port pour se dérober au supplice, cf. Off. 2, 26 ; Verr. 2, 5, 126 ; Tusc. 1, 118 ; Br. 8 ¶ 2 [poét.] bouches [dʼun fleuve] : Ov. H. 14, 107 ¶ 3 entrepôt, magasin : Dig. 50, 16, 59 ¶ 4 maison : XII Tab. d. Fest. 233.

➳ gén. arch. porti Turpil. Com. 49 || dat.-abl. pl. portubus Cic. Pomp. 16 ; portibus Liv. 27, 30, 7, etc.

portus , us. m.
海口。房。避難所。In portu impingere 海口內故船。In portu navigare 事情妥當。

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portus ūs, m

• 1 PAR-, a harbor, haven, port: in Graeciae portūs: portu solvere, sail from port: ex portu exire, Cs.: portūs linquere, V.: portum petere, enter: tenere, reach: occupare, H.: in portum se recipere, Cs.: in portu operam dare, to be an officer of the customs: neque ex portu vectigal conservari potest, the revenue from customs.— Prov.: in portu navigo, i. e. am out of danger, T.: in portu esse.—Poet.: Per septem Nilus portūs emissus in aequor, i. e. mouths, O.—Fig., a place of refuge, haven, asylum, retreat: portus corporis, Enn. ap. C.: se in philosophiae portum conferre: nationum portus erat senatus: omnis in limine portus, i. e. security is at hand, V.: Vos eritis nostrae portus et ara fugae, O.