πόρτις

English (LSJ)

ῐος, ἡ, poet. word (in later Prose, acc. pl.

   A πόρτιας Ant.Lib. 23.3), calf, young heifer (younger than δαμάλη, Sch.Theoc.1.75), Il.5.162, h.Cer.174, S.Tr.530 (lyr.), etc.; δαμάλαι καὶ πόρτιες Theoc.1.75; ἀεργηλὴν ἔτι π. A.R.4.1186; young cow, Theoc.1.121, Mosch.3.82: rarely masc., A.Supp.41 (lyr.), 314.    2 metaph., young maiden, Lyc.102; cf. πόρις. (Cf. Skt. pṛthukas 'young of an animal', Arm. orth 'calf'.)