portaticum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • portāticus, portāgium

Etymology

Depending on the sense, either from portus (harbour) or porta (gate) + -āticum. Attested from 681 CE.[1]

Noun

portāticum n (genitive portāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. gate tax
  2. harbor tax

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative portāticum portātica
Genitive portāticī portāticōrum
Dative portāticō portāticīs
Accusative portāticum portātica
Ablative portāticō portāticīs
Vocative portāticum portātica

Descendants

  • Galician: portádego, portádigo
  • Old French: portage (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: portatico
  • Leonese: portalgo
  • Old Spanish: portadgo

References

  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “portaticus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 815
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