πόρτῐς,ῐος,ἡ, poet. word (in later Prose, acc. pl.
A.
πόρτιας
Ant.Lib. 23.3
),calf, young heifer(younger thanδαμάλη,Sch. Theoc. 1.75 ), Il. 5.162 , h.Cer. 174 , S. Tr. 530 (lyr.), etc.; δαμάλαι καὶ πόρτιες
Theoc. 1.75
; ἀεργηλὴν ἔτι π.
A.R. 4.1186
;young cow,
Theoc. 1.121 , Mosch. 3.82 : rarely masc., A. Supp. 41 (lyr.), 314 .
2. metaph.,young maiden,
Lyc. 102 ; cf.πόρις.(Cf. Skt.pṛthukas'young of an animal', Arm.orth'calf'.)