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.
DOOR Copy link • DOORostium (any opening for an entrance, especially in the interior of a house; ☞ the ancients usually hung only curtains, vela, before the entrances of the several apartments of a house; more rarely they employed folding-doors, fores): janua (a house-door): foris, usually plurial, fores (as the doors mostly consisted of two leaves): valvae (plurial, double doors, i. e., folding back like a window- shutter): a back-door, ostium posticum, posticum only (general term); pseudothyrum (a secret back-door, Cic., post Red. in Sen., 6, 14): a front-door, janua: bed-room door, fores cubiculi: to be let in by the back-door, pseudothyro recipi (opposed to janua intromitti, Cic.): to open a door to anything (figuratively), fenestram ad aliquid patefacere (e.g., ad nequitiam alicui, Terentianus); januam or (Cic.) aditum januamque patefacere (e.g., to glory, famae, Plin., Ep., 1, 18): to enter anything by any door, aliqua janua ingredi in aliquid (Cic.; figuratively): from door to door, ostiatim: to open a door, ostium, januam, or fores patefacere, aperire (general terms): fores reserare (to unbolt): fores recludere (to unlock): to shut a door, ostium, januam, fores operire (general terms): ostii pessulum obdere (to bar); fores obserare (to bolt): fores claudere or occludere (to close the leaves): to knock at a door, januam, ostium, or fores, pulsare: to break open a door, fores effringere; frangere januam (Hor.): to attend at the door, ostium observare: to let in at a door, aliquem janua intromittere: to drive from one’s doors, aliquem januae aditu arcere; aliquem janua prohibere; aliquem excludere: to show anybody the door, jubere aliquem abire or discedere: to be at the door (figuratively), imminere or impendere: subesse (e.g., fames impendet; mors imminet; hiems suberat): to turn anybody away from one’s doors, aliquem limine submovere; repellere foribus (to drive away with violence): prohibere janua; excludere aliquem (not to suffer him to come into the house). To turn (a son) out of doors, abdicare filium. To lay anything at anybody’s door, aliquid alicui acceptum referre; aliquid alicui assignare (Liv.); culpam alicui attribuere, assignare; culpam conferre, conjicere, vertere in aliquem: the fault does not lie at my door, a me haec culpa procul est: some blame, however, lies at your door, tua tamen nonnulla culpa est: the blame lies at my door, ego sum in culpa; in me est culpa; mea est culpa: all the blame lies at your door, tua summa culpa est.