entrance (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of entering1. ingressio2. intrŏĭtus, ūs (for syn. v. TO ENTER)3. expr. by verbII. The right of entering to the presence of a king, etc.III. Concrete, a place for entering1. intrŏĭtus, ūs2. ădĭtus, ūs3. os., ōris, n.4. ostium (like preced.) • entrance (subs.): I. The act of entering: 1. ingressio: to be forbidden e. into the forum, ab in. fori propulsari, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9: the form ingressus also occurs, Caes. 2. intrŏĭtus, ūs (for syn. v. to enter): e. by night into Smyrna, nocturnus in. Smyrnam, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: at his very first e., primo statim in., Tac. 3. expr. by verb: immediately on his e., *ut primum introiit, intravit: those who effected an e. there, quo qui intraverant, Caes. B. G., 7, 73: (the dictator) makes his triumphal e. into the city, triumphans urbem invehitur, Liv.: v. to enter. II. The right of entering to the presence of a king, etc.: jus adeundi, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, fin.: these have constant right of e. to the king, *his patet semper aditus ad regem: v. access. III. Concrete, a place for entering: 1. intrŏĭtus, ūs: all the e.s had been blocked up, omnes in. praeclusi erant, Caes.: Cic. 2. ădĭtus, ūs: v. approach (II.). 3. os., ōris, n.: (mouth; of a gulf, cavern, etc.): at the e. of the Euxine, in ore Ponti [et angustiis], Cic. Verr. 4, 58, 129 (for which immediately after, ad introitum Ponti). Join: in ipso aditu, atque ore (portus), Cic. 4. ostium (like preced.): v. mouth. Phr.: just at the very e., in ipso limine (v. threshold): just at the narrowest part of the e. to the harbour, qua fauces erant augustissimae portus, Caes. B. C. 1, 25, med.: at the e. of the province, in prima provincia, Cic. Fam. 3, 6.
entrance (v.) Copy link Outline I. To put in a tranceII. To delight exceedingly • entrance (v.): I. To put in a trance: nearest word perh. consōpio, 4: cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92: "Endymion a Luna consopitus putatur." More precisely, *animi quasi excessum e corpore efficere (?). II. To delight exceedingly: căpio, răpio: v. to enrapture, ravish.
ENTRANCE Copy link • ENTRANCEAction of entering, ingressio: ingressus: introitus (also figuratively, of entering into an office, etc., introitus sacerdotii): aditus (the going up to): To refuse entrance to anybody, aliquem introitu prohibere. Entrance into the forum, ingressio fori: to make a public entrance, triumphantem urbem inire, or in urbem invehi, or (according to our notions) *sollemni pompa, stipatum comitibus, urbem ingredi, intrare, or in urbem introire: to make a public entrance on horseback, introire vehentetn equo (Gell.). Anybody’s entrance into the city, alicujus introitus in urbem (Cic.). IMPROPR., To find an entrance (i. e., into the mind), accipi, probari (find acceptance): to find entrance into anybody’s mind, movere aliquem or alicujus animum (to affect by one’s representations); in alicujus pectus descendere :aequis auribus accipi: to find no entrance, non audiri. Passage by which a place is entered, introitus (e.g., portus): aditus: accessus (approach): limen (threshold): fauces (narrow entrance): ostium (PROP., door as opening; then any entrance, e.g., of a harbor, mouth of a river, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) introitus atque ostium (e.g., portus): janua (house-door). The entrance into a prison, ostium limenque carceris: at the entrance (of a house), in limine or ad limen aedium. All the entrances were closed, omnes introitus erant praeclusi (Caes.). Opening of a speech, etc., introitus: ingressio: ingressus: exordium: prologus: prooemium. Vid: EXORDIUM.