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.