portitor
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
portĭtor: ōris, m. portus,
I a tollgatherer (at a seaport), a receiver or collector of customs, a custom-house officer (syn. telonarius), Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 1, 3, 7; Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Agr. 2, 23, 61; id. Rep. 4, 7, 20 (Non. 24, 22); they forwarded letters: epistulam ... ad portitores esse delatam, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 100; cf.: portitorum simillimae sunt januae lenoniae; Si adfers, tum patent, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 88.—On account of their strict examinations, transf., a woman who pries into every thing, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 8.
portĭtor: ōris, m. from the root por, whence porto, a bearer, carrier.
I A carrier, conveyer.
A Usually one who conveys people in a boat or ship.
1 In gen., a ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Plato cum flumen nave transisset, non ab illo quicquam portitor exegisset, etc., Sen. Ben. 6, 18, 1.—
2 In partic., the ferryman, i. e. Charon (poet.): ubi portitor aera recepit, etc., Prop. 4 (5), 11, 7: Orci, Verg. G. 4, 502; id. A. 6, 298: Lethaei amnis, Stat. Th. 12, 559; Val. Fl. 1, 784 et saep.—
B By land, a carrier, carter, wagoner: Portitor Ursae, i. e. the constellation Bootes, who, as it were, drives the wain, Stat. Th. 1, 693.—
II A bearer, carrier (mostly post-class.; cf. bajulus): Helles, i. e. the Ram, Col. 10, 155 (in Mart. 9, 72, 7, we read proditor Helles): lecti sui, Claud. Epigr. 49, 17: frumenti, Cod. Just. 11, 4, 1: ciborum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 405: apicum, Sid. Ep. 6, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) portĭtŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (portus), receveur du péage, douanier d’un port : Cic. Off. 1, 150 ; Agr. 2, 61 ; portitorem domum conduxi Pl. Men. 117, j’ai épousé un douanier [une femme qui vérifie tout].
(2) portĭtŏr,¹³ ōris, m. (porto),
1 batelier : Sen. Ben. 6, 18, 1 || le nocher des enfers : Virg. En. 6, 298 || celui qui transporte par eau [en parl. du bélier de Phrixus : Col. Rust. 10, 155 ; Mart. 9, 71, 7
2 porteur : Stat. Th. 1, 693 || messager [porteur de lettres] : Hier. Ep. 68, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) portitor1, ōris, m. (v. portus), der (im Hafen sich aufhaltende, die ein- u. ausgehenden Waren untersuchende) Zolleinnehmer, Zöllner, Plaut. asin. 159; trin. 794. Cic. de rep. 4, 7: beim Volke verhaßt, s. Cic. de off. 1, 150; de lege agr. 2, 61: Briefe zur Bestellung annehmend, Ter. Phorm. 150. – übtr., von einer Frau, die nach allem forscht, Plaut. Men. 117.
(2) portitor2, ōris, m. (v. porto), I) der Fahrer, a) zu Schiffe, der Fährmann, Schiffer, Sen.: Orci, von Charon, Verg. – b) zu Lande, der Fuhrmann; dah. portitor Ursae, das Gestirn Arctophylax, der gleichs. den Wagen des Bären fortschiebt, Stat. Theb. 1, 693. – II) der Träger, Phrixi (portitor) nec portitor Helles, der Widder, der wohl den Phrixus, aber nicht die Helle hinübertrug, Colum. poët.: delapsae portitor Helles, Lucan.: lecti sui, Claud.: port. litterarum, der Überbringer des Br., Hieron. epist. 68, 2: u. so apicum port., Sidon. epist. 6, 3, 2: portitores earum (epistularum) tabellarios vocavere, Hieron. epist. 8: funeris portitores, Leichenträger, Ambros. in Luc. 5. § 90.
Latin > English
portitor portitoris N M :: ferry man
