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as-porto abs-porto; cf. ab init., āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to bear, carry, or take off or away (in the class. per. only in prose; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 2, 778).—Com.,
a. Of things: “simulacrum e signo Cereris,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49 fin.; so id. ib. 2, 1, 20; id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28: “multa de suis rebus,” id. Par. 1, 2: “sua omnia Salamina,” Nep. Them. 2 fin.; Liv. 2, 4; 42, 3; Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 30.—Also,
b. Of persons, to carry away (esp. by ship) to transport: “aliquem trans mare,” Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 19: “virginem,” id. Rud. prol. 67: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, * Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: “asportate ossa mea vobiscum,” Vulg. Gen. 50, 24; ib. Dan. 5, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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