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portĭo , ōnis (
I.abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. kindr. with pars and πόρω, to share, impart, a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).
I. Lit.: “Luna aequā portione divisa,Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2: “hereditatis,id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2: “quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,Juv. 3, 61: “mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97: “pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,Cels. 4, 24; cf.: “glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,id. 5, 18, 4: “nil natura portionibus parit,by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177: “portio brevissima vitae,Juv. 9, 127: “pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1: “vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,id. 5, 2, 9: “magna mortalium portio,Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—
II. Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—
A. In gen., adverb.
1. prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively: “pro portione ea omnia facito,Cato, R. R. 106 fin.: “pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3: “Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50: “oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so, “pro ratā portione,Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40: “pro suā scilicet portione,Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—
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