porticon.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtᵻkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrdəˌkoʊ/

Inflections: Plural porticoes, porticos.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian portico.

Etymology: < Italian portico (a1292) < classical Latin porticus porticus n. Compare Spanish pórtico (a1428), Portuguese pórtico (1552). Compare earlier portic n., and later porticus n.

a. Ancient Greek Philosophy. The colonnade in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosophers met (cf. porch n. 2, and stoa n.); (hence) the school of Stoic philosophy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Stoicism

porch?a1425

portico1579

stoicism1626

porticusa1682

stoicalness1727

Zenonism1789

1579 T. Salter Mirrhor of Modestie sig. B.vii Also the citee of Athens..at suche time as the Accademia, the Portico, and the Licio was moste celebrated by the frequentation of noble and famous Philosophers.

1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. ix. 317 It's [sc. Athens'] Areopagus, Liceum, Academy, Portico, and the vast Number of its stately Temples, have been very much celebrated and talked of in the World.

1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. i. xxii. 50 He does not indeed follow the Schools, the Portico, or in long Disputations trifle away his own, and the Time of others.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 352 From the portico, the Roman civilians learned to live, to reason, and to die.

1837 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Bacon in Ess. (1877) 403 Suppose that Justinian..had called on the last few sages who still haunted the Portico.

1943 PMLA 58 951 The approach of a stranger, who is composing an encomium on night, sets Puteanus to wondering whether they have not come to the portico of the Stoics.

1990 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 16 Each school in its chosen place of learning—the Academy, the Lyceum, or the street, the Museum, the Gymnasium, the Portico, or the Garden.

†b. allusively. A forum for philosophical thought or study; a place of learning. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii. 178 All that had been wrote or wrangled thereupon in the schools and porticoes of the learned.

1828 C. Lamb Barbara S—— in Elia 2nd Ser. 131 Poor men's smoky cabins are not always porticoes of moral philosophy.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xli. 411 ‘I think we have no new disciples in our little portico, my dear,’ says Doctor Blimber to Cornelia, ‘since Mr. Toots left us.’

a. Architecture. A formal entrance to a classical temple, church, or other building, consisting of columns at regular intervals supporting a roof often in the form of a pediment; a covered colonnade in this style.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [noun]

parvisc1387

Galileec1593

portico1607

pronaos1614

propylaeum1637

out-porch1641

ante-temple1670

narthex1673

prostyle1683

opisthodomos1706

peribolos1706

choultry1772

posticum1776

propylon1830

proaulion1842

opisthodome1846

atrium1853

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > portico

porcha1382

oriel1478

portico1607

porticus1617

peridrome1623

portice1623

exedra1706

lodge1742

loggia1742

chabutra1827

portal1844

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade

alurec1325

alley1363

gallerya1500

aluring1501

cloisterc1540

pawn1548

stoa1603

portico1607

row1610

porticus1617

corridor1620

piazza1642

xystus1664

arcade1731

veranda1873

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > columned structure > structure with specific arrangement of columns

diastyle1563

portico1607

porticus1617

peripterosa1652

systyle1664

pseudoperipter1692

monopter1696

peripter1696

pycnostylea1706

amphiprostyle1706

araeostyle1706

dipteros1706

monopteros1706

pseudoperipteros1706

periptery1708

tambour1823

monopteral1845

1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. D4 I..was euer wont to fixe my Banke in face of the publike Piazza, neare the shelter of the portico, to the Procuratia.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 210 He caused a stately Portico to be erected at the West end of the Church.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 555 His Majesties Statues throwne downe at St. Paules Portico, & Exchange.

1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 The porticos where Socrates sate.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 194 Priam's noble hall, A palace built with graceful porticos.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xviii. 393 He left the sheriff's office and stood beneath the portico which faced the south side of the square.

1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 12/3 Elaborate cloister-like porticoes front the church of Santa Maria dei Servi.

†b. A pergola in a garden. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > walk > covered walk

porticus1617

portico1666

cradle-walka1684

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground > shaded or bordered by trees

alleyc1405

arbour1573

walk1596

porticus1617

frescade1656

pergola?1664

portico1666

cradle-walka1684

berceau1699

1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 33 Now may you set your Oranges, Lemmons, Myrtils.., and like tender Trees and Plants in the Portico, or with the windows, and doors of the Greenhouses and Conservatories open.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4249/3 Making all sorts of Parterres, Porticoes, Arbours.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 32 Due westward, fronting to the green, A rural portico was seen.

3. figurative and in extended use.

ΚΠ

1660 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal Mores Hominum sig. a6^v That I may not detain you too long in the Portico of his work, these out of many [examples] shall suffice.

1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iv. 228 Two Javelins were fixed in the Earth, and a third fastened across upon the Points of those. All the Æqui..passed under this military Portico.

1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 112 Now to the verdant Portico of Woods..they walk.

1831 T. Carlyle Note Bk. 2 Nov. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. x. 226 Now it seems to me as if this life were but the inconsiderable portico of man's existence.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands i. 129 His writings..form only the portico to the temple of wisdom.

1930 R. Bridges Test. Beauty ii. 56 Neath his nine-column'd portico of all history Herodotus sitteth statued.

1963 C. Bukowski Burning in Water Drowning in Flame (1997) ii. 76 He leaps up on the couch and walks through porticoes of my admiration.

2005 Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W. Va.) (Nexis) 14 June 6 a ‘Athletics provides a front porch’ for the university. Well, that's a pretty meaningless philosophy if, after having traversed that portico, one peers through the entryway into a living quarters devoid of the appurtenances of an educational institution.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

portico area n.

ΚΠ

1974 Archaeol. Rep. for 1973–4 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 20. 44/2 The portico area on the right of the temple has also been excavated.

2003 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 7 July 46 The spacious living areas flow into each other and extend uninterrupted through the 3m high cedar bi-fold doors to the outdoor portico area.

C2.

portico thief n. now rare = cat burglar n. at cat n.¹ Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > cat-burglar

dancer1864

portico thief1870

porch climber1883

second-story man1886

climber1900

cat burglar1907

1870 Times 19 Oct. 9/5 While their houses were watched, a whole school of climbers or portico thieves were found out.

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxv. 254 Cat-burglars have existed since there have been houses to climb, but until comparatively recently they were always known by the more prosaic title of Portico Thieves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	portico
释义	porticon. Brit. /ˈpɔːtᵻkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɔrdəˌkoʊ/ Inflections: Plural porticoes, porticos. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian portico. Etymology: < Italian portico (a1292) < classical Latin porticus porticus n. Compare Spanish pórtico (a1428), Portuguese pórtico (1552). Compare earlier portic n., and later porticus n. 1. a. Ancient Greek Philosophy. The colonnade in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosophers met (cf. porch n. 2, and stoa n.); (hence) the school of Stoic philosophy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Stoicism porch?a1425 portico1579 stoicism1626 porticusa1682 stoicalness1727 Zenonism1789 1579 T. Salter Mirrhor of Modestie sig. B.vii Also the citee of Athens..at suche time as the Accademia, the Portico, and the Licio was moste celebrated by the frequentation of noble and famous Philosophers. 1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. ix. 317 It's [sc. Athens'] Areopagus, Liceum, Academy, Portico, and the vast Number of its stately Temples, have been very much celebrated and talked of in the World. 1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. i. xxii. 50 He does not indeed follow the Schools, the Portico, or in long Disputations trifle away his own, and the Time of others. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 352 From the portico, the Roman civilians learned to live, to reason, and to die. 1837 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Bacon in Ess. (1877) 403 Suppose that Justinian..had called on the last few sages who still haunted the Portico. 1943 PMLA 58 951 The approach of a stranger, who is composing an encomium on night, sets Puteanus to wondering whether they have not come to the portico of the Stoics. 1990 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 16 Each school in its chosen place of learning—the Academy, the Lyceum, or the street, the Museum, the Gymnasium, the Portico, or the Garden. †b. allusively. A forum for philosophical thought or study; a place of learning. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii. 178 All that had been wrote or wrangled thereupon in the schools and porticoes of the learned. 1828 C. Lamb Barbara S—— in Elia 2nd Ser. 131 Poor men's smoky cabins are not always porticoes of moral philosophy. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xli. 411 ‘I think we have no new disciples in our little portico, my dear,’ says Doctor Blimber to Cornelia, ‘since Mr. Toots left us.’ 2. a. Architecture. A formal entrance to a classical temple, church, or other building, consisting of columns at regular intervals supporting a roof often in the form of a pediment; a covered colonnade in this style. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [noun] parvisc1387 Galileec1593 portico1607 pronaos1614 propylaeum1637 out-porch1641 ante-temple1670 narthex1673 prostyle1683 opisthodomos1706 peribolos1706 choultry1772 posticum1776 propylon1830 proaulion1842 opisthodome1846 atrium1853 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > portico porcha1382 oriel1478 portico1607 porticus1617 peridrome1623 portice1623 exedra1706 lodge1742 loggia1742 chabutra1827 portal1844 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade alurec1325 alley1363 gallerya1500 aluring1501 cloisterc1540 pawn1548 stoa1603 portico1607 row1610 porticus1617 corridor1620 piazza1642 xystus1664 arcade1731 veranda1873 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > columned structure > structure with specific arrangement of columns diastyle1563 portico1607 porticus1617 peripterosa1652 systyle1664 pseudoperipter1692 monopter1696 peripter1696 pycnostylea1706 amphiprostyle1706 araeostyle1706 dipteros1706 monopteros1706 pseudoperipteros1706 periptery1708 tambour1823 monopteral1845 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. D4 I..was euer wont to fixe my Banke in face of the publike Piazza, neare the shelter of the portico, to the Procuratia. View more context for this quotation a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 210 He caused a stately Portico to be erected at the West end of the Church. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 555 His Majesties Statues throwne downe at St. Paules Portico, & Exchange. 1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 The porticos where Socrates sate. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 194 Priam's noble hall, A palace built with graceful porticos. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xviii. 393 He left the sheriff's office and stood beneath the portico which faced the south side of the square. 1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 12/3 Elaborate cloister-like porticoes front the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. †b. A pergola in a garden. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > walk > covered walk porticus1617 portico1666 cradle-walka1684 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > in a garden or pleasure-ground > shaded or bordered by trees alleyc1405 arbour1573 walk1596 porticus1617 frescade1656 pergola?1664 portico1666 cradle-walka1684 berceau1699 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 33 Now may you set your Oranges, Lemmons, Myrtils.., and like tender Trees and Plants in the Portico, or with the windows, and doors of the Greenhouses and Conservatories open. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4249/3 Making all sorts of Parterres, Porticoes, Arbours. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 32 Due westward, fronting to the green, A rural portico was seen. 3. figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1660 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal Mores Hominum sig. a6^v That I may not detain you too long in the Portico of his work, these out of many [examples] shall suffice. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iv. 228 Two Javelins were fixed in the Earth, and a third fastened across upon the Points of those. All the Æqui..passed under this military Portico. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 112 Now to the verdant Portico of Woods..they walk. 1831 T. Carlyle Note Bk. 2 Nov. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. x. 226 Now it seems to me as if this life were but the inconsiderable portico of man's existence. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands i. 129 His writings..form only the portico to the temple of wisdom. 1930 R. Bridges Test. Beauty ii. 56 Neath his nine-column'd portico of all history Herodotus sitteth statued. 1963 C. Bukowski Burning in Water Drowning in Flame (1997) ii. 76 He leaps up on the couch and walks through porticoes of my admiration. 2005 Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W. Va.) (Nexis) 14 June 6 a ‘Athletics provides a front porch’ for the university. Well, that's a pretty meaningless philosophy if, after having traversed that portico, one peers through the entryway into a living quarters devoid of the appurtenances of an educational institution. Compounds C1. General attributive. portico area n. ΚΠ 1974 Archaeol. Rep. for 1973–4 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 20. 44/2 The portico area on the right of the temple has also been excavated. 2003 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 7 July 46 The spacious living areas flow into each other and extend uninterrupted through the 3m high cedar bi-fold doors to the outdoor portico area. C2. portico thief n. now rare = cat burglar n. at cat n.¹ Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > cat-burglar dancer1864 portico thief1870 porch climber1883 second-story man1886 climber1900 cat burglar1907 1870 Times 19 Oct. 9/5 While their houses were watched, a whole school of climbers or portico thieves were found out. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxv. 254 Cat-burglars have existed since there have been houses to climb, but until comparatively recently they were always known by the more prosaic title of Portico Thieves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1579
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