English → Latin
“port” in Latin
portusharbor, port; haven, refuge, asylum, retreat; warehouseportagate, especially of a city; entrance, passage, door; way, meansiānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city); an entrance, entry, accessfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a loophole, an arrowslitgerōto carry, bear; to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs); to rule, governincēdōto walk, stride, step, march (along); to walk or move … etc. with divine presence or attributes; to advance (move forwarperveniōto come, arrive; to reach, attain, come to
The English word port itself goes back to Latin porta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
port
A harbor, portus, -ūs (PROP. and figuratively): a free port, portus de vectigalibus exemptus (Vid: Cic., Phil. 2, 39, 101: ☞ not portus liber; liber being opposed to servus): an artificial port, portus manu factus: to come into port, in portum venire (Cic.), or pervenire (Caes.); in portum ex alto invehi; in portum deferri (Auct. Her.); in portum se recipere (Caes.): to make a port, portum facere (litterally), portum capere (to reach it): to sail out of port, e portu solvere, navigare, proficisci or exire; portum linquere († Verg.): to block up the entrance of a port by sinking a ship, faucibus portūs navem submersam objicere: a very busy port, portus celeberrimus et plenissimus navium: to be safe in port, in portu esse or navigare (also = to be in a state of security).
ImPROP., portus: portus et refugium: portus et perfugium: entrance of a port, portus os, ostium, aditus, -ūs; fauces.
A gate, porta; janua [Vid: GATE.] .
Aperture in a ship for a gun, *fenestra.
Carriage, air, gestus, -ūs; incessus, -ūs.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for port?
- The usual Latin words for “port” are portus, porta, iānua; also fenestra, gerō, incēdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.