portus ūs, m
1 PAR-,
a harbor, haven, port
: in Graeciae portūs: portu solvere,
sail from port
: ex portu exire, Cs.: portūs linquere, V.: portum petere,
enter
: tenere,
reach
: occupare, H.: in
portum se recipere, Cs.: in portu operam
dare,
to be an officer of the customs
: neque ex portu vectigal conservari potest,
the revenue from customs
.— Prov.: in portu navigo, i. e.
am out of danger
, T.: in portu esse.—Poet.:
Per septem Nilus portūs emissus in aequor, i. e.
mouths
, O.—Fig.,
a place of refuge, haven, asylum, retreat
: portus corporis, Enn. ap. C.: se in philosophiae portum conferre: nationum portus erat senatus: omnis in
limine portus, i. e.
security is at hand
, V.: Vos eritis nostrae portus et ara
fugae, O.