porus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pŏrus, i, m., = πόρος,

a passage , channel in the body : cordis sui, Ambros. Hexaëm. 3, 9, 39; of the air passages , Isid. 11, 1, 80; cf.: pori meatus, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 228 (al. permeatus).

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