Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Portula

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

POR'TULA (πυλίς). Diminutive of PORTA; and especially a wicket gate opening in a valve of the large one, in order to admit passengers after the gates had been shut at night. Liv. xxv. 9. Compare Polyb. viii. 20. 24.