portentum

Latin

Noun

portentum n (genitive portentī); second declension

  1. omen, presage
  2. portent, prodigy, wonder, miracle
    Synonyms: mīrāculum, mōnstrum, ostentum, prōdigium, mīrum
  3. monster, a monstrous creature

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative portentum portenta
Genitive portentī portentōrum
Dative portentō portentīs
Accusative portentum portenta
Ablative portentō portentīs
Vocative portentum portenta

Participle

portentum

  1. inflection of portentus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References
  • portentum in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • “portentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “portentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • portentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    • (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta
  • “portentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “portentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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