PORTICUS, porticus
Sounds Like: POR-ti-koos
Translations: portico, a portico, colonnade, a colonnade, gallery, a gallery, porch, a porch
From the root: PORTICUS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: Porticus refers to a covered walkway or a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns, typically attached to a building as a porch or forming a colonnade. It is often used to describe architectural features found in ancient Roman buildings, providing shelter or a place for walking. It can also refer to a covered market or a public promenade.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Genitive or Vocative; Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative. Feminine.
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PORTICUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- PORTICU — to a portico, for a portico, by a portico, with a portico, from a portico, in a portico, a portico, a colonnade, to a colonnade, for a colonnade, by a colonnade, with a colonnade, from a colonnade, in a colonnade
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