door Copy link Outline 1. jānua (esp. the front d. of a house)2. fŏris, is; usu. pl. f. (the door or leaf of a door itself, whereas janua is the entire doorway3. ostium (esp. of internal doorways in houses; but also in gen. sense)4. valvae, ārum (folding doors esp. of temples or other magnificent buildings) • door: 1. jānua (esp. the front d. of a house): to fasten the d. with a bolt, januae pessulum obdere, Ter.: with the bar, anuam obserare, Ter.: to unbolt a d., j. reserare, Ov.: to inquire for any one at the d., quaerere aliquem a j., Cic.: to refuse admittance by the d., januâ prohibere, Sall. Fig.: the d. of the mind, animi j., Cic.: I have entered on the cause by a d. by which I wished not, qua nolui janua sum ingressus in causam, Cic. 2. fŏris, is; usu. pl. f. (the door or leaf of a door itself, whereas janua is the entire doorway: the doorway of any building or chamber of consequence consisted of two leaves): the d. creaked (prior to the exit of some person), crepuerunt fores, Ter. (also crepuit foris, of one leaf, Pl.): the key is in the d., foribus inest clavis, Tib.: he had shut the d. of his bed-room, clauserat forem (also fores, Suet.) cubiculi, Cic. Fig.: the d. to an art, fores artis, Plin. 3. ostium (esp. of internal doorways in houses; but also in gen. sense): to knock at the d., o. pultare, Ter.: Pl.: to shut a d., o. operire, Ter.: to bar it, o. obserare, Ter.: to bolt it, ostio pessulum obdere, Ter.: to break open a d., o. effringere, Ulp: the front d., o. antīcum, Fest.: the back-d., o. postīcum (also simply postīcum as subs.), Pl.: Hor. 4. valvae, ārum (folding doors esp. of temples or other magnificent buildings): more magnificent (folding) doors never existed, v. magnificentiores nunquam fuisse, Cic.: ivory d.s, v. eburnae, Ov.: folding-d.s with two laps, v. bifores, Ov. Phr.: in d.s and out of d.s, domi (intus) et foris, Pl.: Cic.: to turn any one out of d.s, extrudere aliquem foras (the latter form implying motion towards), Ter.: there's the d. (turning a person out), exeundum hinc foras, Pl.: to turn out of d.s (beyond the threshold), eliminare, Pac.: Pompon.: to turn a son out of d.s (disown him), abdicare filium., Plin.: to be at the d. (close at hand), subesse, impendēre, imminēre (v. to impend, be near): the blame does not lie at his d., is quidem in culpa non est [culpae affinis non est], Ter.: from d. to d., ostiatim, Cic. Fig.: to open a d. to wickedness, fenestram aperire ad nequitiam, Ter.: Suet. See also gate.