verb transitive

as-porto

2nd PP as-portāre · 3rd PP as-portāvi · 4th PP as-portātum · conj. 1st

abs-porto; cf. ab init.

to bear; carry; take off

to bear, carry, or take off or away (in the class. per. only in prose; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 2, 778).—Com.,

Of things: simulacrum e signo Cereris, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49 fin.; so id. ib. 2,… •

Of things: simulacrum e signo Cereris, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49 fin.; so id. ib. 2, 1, 20; id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28: multa de suis rebus, id. Par. 1, 2: sua omnia Salamina, Nep. Them. 2 fin.; Liv. 2, 4; 42, 3; Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 30.—Also,

to carry away; to transport •

Of persons, to carry away (esp. by ship) to transport: aliquem trans mare, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 19: virginem, id. Rud. prol. 67: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, * Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: asportate ossa mea vobiscum, Vulg. Gen. 50, 24; ib. Dan. 5, 2.

Perseus ID: n3995 Key: asporto