porticus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

portĭcus: ūs, f. (also heteroclit.
I acc. plur. PORTICOS, Inscr. Orell. 4043) porta, a walk covered by a roof supported on columns, a colonnade, piazza, arcade, gallery, porch, portico, = στοά.
I Lit.: omnes porticus commetiri, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 7: porticum aedificare, id. ib. 3, 2, 69; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14: inambulare in porticu, id. Rep. 1, 12, 18: viae latae, porticus, etc., id. ib. 3, 31, 43: porticuum laxitas, Suet. Calig. 37: porticuum, id. Dom. 14; Vitr. 5, 1: in amplis porticibus, Verg. A. 3, 353; cf. id. ib. 2, 528: me porticus excepit, Hor. S. 1, 4, 134; id. Ep. 1, 1, 71: porticus, in quā gestetur dominus, Juv. 7, 178: triplex, Vulg. Ezech. 42, 3.—In the upper story, Dig. 39, 2, 47.—
II Transf. *
   A The entrance or porch of a tent (poet.): saucii opplent porticus, the porches, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38.—
   B A weather-board, shed, Col. 9 praef. § 2; 9, 7, 4; 9, 14, 14.—
   2    A long shed or gallery to protect soldiers in sieges, Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 3.—
   3    The Porch or Portico, meaning the school of the Stoics (from στοά, porch, the place where Zeno taught); hence, transf., the Stoic philosophy, the Stoics: Chrysippus, qui fulcire putatur porticum Stoicorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 44: clamat Zeno et tota illa porticus tumultuatur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7; Gell. 12, 5, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

portĭcŭs,⁹ ūs, f. (porta),
1 portique, galerie (passage couvert) à colonnes : Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13 ; Rep. 1, 18 ; 3, 43 || [en part.] portique [où se trouvait le tribunal du préteur] : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 86
2 le portique [dernières places de l’amphithéâtre] : Calp. Ecl. 7, 47
3 le portique, la doctrine des Stoïciens, la secte de Zénon : Cic. Ac. 2, 75 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 44 || [poét.] l’entrée d’une tente : Enn. d. Cic. Tusc. 2, 38
4 galerie couverte [pour la guerre de siège] : Cæs. C. 2, 2, 3 || [en gén.] toit, auvent, abri : Col. Rust. 9, 14, 14.