English → Latin
“portion” in Latin
parsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidedōsdowry; gift, endowment, talentdistribuōto divide or distribute; to assigndispertiōto divide (up); to distribute; to assigndiribeōto lay apart, separate (of votes or things that bear a vote); to distributedispēnsōto dispense, distribute; to manage, regulate, controlpraebeōto proffer, offer; to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service; to show, displaydōtōto endow; to apportion (typically richly)
The English word portion itself goes back to Latin portiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
portion s.
pars (a part): dos (o dowry): ☞ in classical Latin portio occurs only in the phrase pro portione. Vid: PART.
portion v.
To parcel out, distribuere, dividere aliquid aliquibus or in aliquos; dispertire; diribere; dispensare.
To endow, (filiae) dotem dare (Nep., filiam) dotare (Suet.); filio dare, praebere, unde domum, rem domesticam instituere possit: portioned, dotatus (Ov.); cum ipse filiae nubili dotem conficere non posset (Cic., Quint., 31, 98; could not portion his daughter).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for portion?
- The usual Latin words for “portion” are pars, dōs, distribuō; also dispertiō, diribeō, dispēnsō. 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.