portion (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A part1. pars2. portio (share, divisionII. Of a wife • portion (subs.): I. A part: 1. pars: v. part. 2. portio (share, division: not in Cic.): Just.: Plin.: v. share. II. Of a wife: dos, dōtis, f.: v. dower.
portion (v.) Copy link Outline I. To distributeII. To settle money on a daughter, etc. • portion (v.): I. To distribute: partior, partio, 4: v. to distribute. II. To settle money on a daughter, etc.: Phr.: filiae dotem dare, conferre: v. dower.
PORTION Copy link • PORTION 1. s. pars (a part): dos (o dowry): ☞ in classical Latin portio occurs only in the phrase pro portione. Vid: PART. 2. v. To parcel out, distribuere, dividere aliquid aliquibus or in aliquos; dispertire; diribere; dispensare. To endow, (filiae) dotem dare (Nep., filiam) dotare (Suet.); filio dare, praebere, unde domum, rem domesticam instituere possit: portioned, dotatus (Ov.); cum ipse filiae nubili dotem conficere non posset (Cic., Quint., 31, 98; could not portion his daughter).