What does sporta mean in Latin?

sporta, a noun, means “a hamper or basket (used for carrying and storing foods as well as money)”.

What is the genitive of sporta?

The genitive singular is sportae. sporta is feminine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈspɔr.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈspɔr.ta].

noun · femininefirst declension

sporta f (genitive sportae)

Classical[ˈspɔr.ta]Ecclesiastical[ˈspɔr.ta]

femininea hamper or basket (used for carrying and storing foods as well as money)

corbis, vās vīmineum

sporta -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 13 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 13

sporta, ae, f. cf. Gr. σπυρίς, basket σπάρτον, σπεῖρα,

I. a plaited basket or ham per, Cato, R. R. 11, 4; Varr. and Sall. ap. Non. 177, 22 sq.; Col. 8, 7, 1; 12, 6, 1.—

2. A sieve, Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77; Mart. 10, 37, 17; Dig. 33, 9, 3; Vulg. Matt. 15, 37; Inscr. Grut. 440, 8.

From Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist, turn”). Cognate to Latin spartum (“esparto or halfah grass”) and spīra (“a coil, twist, braid”).

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