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πόρτις

πόρτις, a calf, young heifer

πόρτῐς, ῐος, ἡ, poet. word (in later Prose, acc. pl. πόρτιας Ant.Lib. 23.3),
  • calf, young heifer (younger than δαμάλη, Sch. Theoc. 1.75), Il. 5.162, h.Cer. 174, S. Tr. 530 (lyr.), etc.; δαμάλαι καὶ πόρτιες Theoc. 1.75; ἀεργηλὴν ἔτι π. A.R. 4.1186; young cow, Theoc. 1.121, Mosch. 3.82: rarely masc., A. Supp. 41 (lyr.), 314.
      • 2 metaph., young maiden, Lyc. 102; cf. πόρις. (Cf. Skt. pṛthukas ‘young of an animal’, Arm. orth ‘calf’.)

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