proper noun
Porthmeus
Meaning
- the ferryman
Porthmeus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πορθμεύς,
I. the ferryman, a name given to Charon (poet.):
navita Porthmeus, Petr. 121.—Acc. Porthmea, Juv. 3, 266.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
porthmeus (disyl.), —, acc. ea, m
, πορτημεύς, the ferryman, i. e. Charon, Iu.