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portŭōsus , a, um, adj. portus,
I.full of or abounding in harbors, having many harbors: “mare,Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69: “flumen Trinium,Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106: “pars Numidiae portuosior,Sall. J. 16, 5: “navigatio minime portuosa,with no ports to run into, Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1.—* Adv.: portŭōsē , with many harbors; only comp.: “portuosius illic alveus Nili,with more harbors, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 20 fin. Mai.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.20.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.19
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 16
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