LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

portitor1

portitor m (genitive portitōris)

Meaning

  1. masculinebearer, carrier, conveyer
  2. masculineferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner
  3. masculinecarter, wagoner

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī nāve hominēs trāns aquam vehit
portitor portitōris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 19
nauta trāiciēns
portitor -ōris (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 15

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeportitorportitōrēs
genitiveportitōrisportitōrum
dativeportitōrīportitōribus
accusativeportitōremportitōrēs
ablativeportitōreportitōribus
vocativeportitorportitōrēs

portĭtor, ōris, m. from the root por, whence porto, a bearer, carrier.
I. A carrier, conveyer.
A. Usually one who conveys people in a boat or ship.
1. In gen., a ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Plato cum flumen nave transisset, non ab illo quicquam portitor exegisset, etc., Sen. Ben. 6, 18, 1.—
2. In partic., the ferryman, i. e. Charon (poet.): ubi portitor aera recepit, etc., Prop. 4 (5), 11, 7. Orci, Verg. G. 4, 502; id. A. 6, 298: Lethaei amnis, Stat. Th. 12, 559; Val. Fl. 1, 784 et saep.—
B. By land, a carrier, carter, wagoner: Portitor Ursae, i. e. the constellation Bootes, who, as it were, drives the wain, Stat. Th. 1, 693.—
II. A bearer, carrier (mostly post-class.; cf. bajulus): Helles, i. e. the Ram, Col. 10, 155 (in Mart. 9, 72, 7, we read proditor Helles): lecti sui, Claud. Epigr. 49, 17: frumenti, Cod. Just. 11, 4, 1: ciborum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 405: apicum, Sid. Ep. 6, 3.

Origins

From portō. Compare portātor.

noun · masculinethird declension
portitor2
portitor m (genitive portitōris)

Meaning

  1. masculinetollgatherer (at a seaport), receiver or collector of customs, custom-house officer

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeportitorportitōrēs
genitiveportitōrisportitōrum
dativeportitōrīportitōribus
accusativeportitōremportitōrēs
ablativeportitōreportitōribus
vocativeportitorportitōrēs

portĭtor, ōris, m. portus,
I. a tollgatherer (at a seaport), a receiver or collector of customs, a custom-house officer (syn. telonarius), Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 1, 3, 7; Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Agr. 2, 23, 61; id. Rep. 4, 7, 20 (Non. 24, 22); they forwarded letters: epistulam ... ad portitores esse delatam, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 100; cf.: portitorum simillimae sunt januae lenoniae; Si adfers, tum patent, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 88.—On account of their strict examinations, transf., a woman who pries into every thing, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 8.

Origins

From portus.

Quick answers

What does portitor mean in Latin?
portitor, a noun, means “bearer, carrier, conveyer; ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner; carter, wagoner”.
What is the genitive of portitor?
The genitive singular is portitōris. portitor is masculine, third declension.