portentus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of portendō.

Participle

portentus (feminine portenta, neuter portentum); first/second-declension participle

  1. indicated, pointed out
  2. predicted, foretold

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative portentus portenta portentum portentī portentae portenta
Genitive portentī portentae portentī portentōrum portentārum portentōrum
Dative portentō portentō portentīs
Accusative portentum portentam portentum portentōs portentās portenta
Ablative portentō portentā portentō portentīs
Vocative portente portenta portentum portentī portentae portenta

Derived terms
  • portentōsus

Descendants
  • Catalan: portent
  • English: portent
  • Italian: portento
  • Portuguese: portento
  • Spanish: portento

References
  • “portentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “portentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • portentus 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
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