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portĭo | prō portiōne | portĭōne | ad portiō-nem (noun F) : (
* 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.).
* 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.
* Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.
* In gen., adverb.
* (class.; not in Caes.), 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.
* Subst.: eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,the same proportion,Curt. 7, 11, 12: portionem servare,Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.: proportione servatā,id. 8, 11, 6.
* (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46: ad suam quisque portionem,id. 36, 16, 25, § 9: supra portionem,Col. 7, 1, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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