LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

postis

postis m (genitive postis)
Classical[ˈpɔs.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔs.tis]

Meaning

  1. masculinepost; doorpost; doorjamb
    tenēre postemto consecrate a temple, or other edifices
  2. in pluralmasculinea door

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lignum rēctum quod portam sustinet
postis -is (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3, 16

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepostispostēs
genitivepostispostium
dativepostīpostibus
accusativepostempostēs
postīs
ablativeposte
postī		postibus
vocativepostispostēs

postis, is (
I. abl. sing. posti, Ov. M. 5, 120), m. pono, a post, door-post.
I. Lit. (class.), Ov. Am. 2, 1, 27: caput legis in curiae poste figere, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 6: armis Herculis ad postem fixis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5: cur invidendis postibus moliar atrium, id. C. 3, 1, 45: tenere postem, said of him who consecrates a temple, Liv. 2, 8; Cic. Dom. 46, 120.—Also of other edifices: ambulationis postes nemo umquam tenuit in dedicando, Cic. Dom. 46, 121.—
B. Poet., transf., a door (usually in plur.): postes a cardine vellit Aeratos, Verg. A. 2, 480: aerati procumbunt cardine postes, id. ib. 493; Val. Fl. 7, 322: perunguere postis, ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.—In sing.: poste recluso, Luc. 5, 531.—
II. Trop. (poet.): belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.): videtur Cernere res animus, sublatis postibus ipsis, i. e. the eyes, Lucr. 3, 369.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥-sth₂-i-s
  7. Proto-Italic*porstis
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  11. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó-sth₂-i-s
  13. Proto-Italic*postis
  14. Latinpostis

From either: * Proto-Italic *porstis, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s (“standing forth”), from *pró + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is * Proto-Italic *postis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s (“standing upright”), from *h₂pó + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is.

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchpôtfrom Old French post
  • Catalanpost
  • Occitanpòst
  • Middle Frenchpoteaulfrom Old French post
  • Middle Frenchpostiaufrom Old French post
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseposte
  • Spanishposte
  • Asturianposte
  • Galicianposte
  • HunsrikPostefrom Portuguese poste
  • Cebuanopostefrom Spanish poste
  • Tagalogpostefrom Spanish poste
Borrowings
  • Proto-West Germanic*post
  • Welshpost

Quick answers

What does postis mean in Latin?
postis, a noun, means “post; doorpost; doorjamb”.
What is the genitive of postis?
The genitive singular is postis. postis is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce postis?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔs.tɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔs.tis].
Where does postis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s → Proto-Italic *porstis → Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó → Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s → Proto-Italic *postis → Latin postis.