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|lshtext=<b>fŏris</b>: adv. abl. form (denoting [[both]] the [[place]] [[where]] and the [[place]] [[whence]]), and [[answering]] to the acc. form [[foras]], v. [[foras]] init..<br /><b>I</b> Out at the doors, [[out]] of doors, [[abroad]], [[without]] (opp. [[intus]], domi, etc.): sinito ambulare, si [[foris]], si [[intus]] volent, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 5: cf.: [[foris]] pascuntur, [[intus]] [[opus]] faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5: [[ille]] [[relictus]] [[intus]], [[exspectatus]] [[foris]], Cic. Sull. 5. 17; cf. also: nam et [[intus]] [[paveo]], et [[foris]] [[formido]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20: aliorum [[intus]] [[corpus]] et [[foris]] [[lignum]], ut nucum; aliis [[foris]] [[corpus]], [[intus]] [[lignum]], ut prunis, Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112: cum et [[intra]] [[vallum]] et [[foris]] caederentur, Nep. Dat. 6: domi et [[foris]] [[aegre]] [[quod]] [[sit]], [[satis]] [[semper]] est, Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 8; cf.: ut [[domo]] sumeret, neu [[foris]] quaereret, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 6: nec minore [[saevitia]] [[foris]] et in exteros grassatus est, Suet. Ner. 36: ([[consilium]] petere) [[foris]] [[potius]] [[quam]] [[domo]], Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 26: te [[foris]] sapere, [[tibi]] non posse te auxiliarier, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49: si [[foris]] cenat, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; cf.: venit ad nos [[Cicero]] [[tuus]] ad cenam, cum Pomponia [[foris]] cenaret, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19 Orell. N. cr.: cenitare, id. Fam. 7, 16, 2; 9, 24, 3: [[extrinsecus]], cum ea, quae sunt [[foris]] [[neque]] inhaerent in rei [[natura]], colliguntur, id. de Or. 2, 39, 163: haec studia delectant domi, non impediunt [[foris]], in [[public]] [[life]], id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.: cum ea [[contentio]] mihi magnum [[etiam]] [[foris]] fructum tulisset, i. e. [[beyond]] the [[senate]], id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: fuit [[ille]] vir cum [[foris]] [[clarus]], tum domi [[admirandus]], [[neque]] rebus externis [[magis]] laudandus [[quam]] institutis domesticis, id. Phil. 2, 28, 69: et domi [[dignitas]] et [[foris]] [[auctoritas]] retinetur, [[abroad]], id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.: parvi sunt [[foris]] [[arma]], [[nisi]] est [[consilium]] domi, id. Off. 1, 22, 76; and: [[otium]] [[foris]], foeda domi [[lascivia]], Tac. A. 13, 25: [[foris]] [[valde]] plauditur, [[among]] the [[people]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1: egere, [[foris]] esse Gabinium, [[sine]] [[provincia]] [[stare]] non posse, i. e. in the [[people]]'s [[power]], in [[debt]], id. Pis. 6, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As prep. [[with]] acc. ([[late]] Lat.): [[constitutus]] si [[sit]] [[fluvius]], qui [[foris]] agrum non vagatur, [[beyond]], Auct. de Limit. p. 273 Goes.: ut terminos [[foris]] limites ponerentur, id. ib.—<br /><b>II</b> From [[without]], from [[abroad]], = [[extrinsecus]]: at, quaecumque [[foris]] veniunt, impostaque nobis Pondera sunt, Lucr. 5, 543: sed [[quod]] ea non parit oratoris ars, sed [[foris]] ad se delata, [[tamen]] [[arte]] tractat, Cic. Part. 14, 48: aut sumere ex sua vi [[atque]] [[natura]], aut assumere [[foris]]. id. de Or. 2, 39, 163; cf.: [[foris]] assumuntur ea, quae non sua vi sed extranea sublevantur, id. ib. 2, 40, 173; id. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 71: [[auxilium]] non petendum est [[foris]], id. Tusc. 3, 3, 6: ut in ipsa ([[arte]]) insit, non [[foris]] petatur extremum, id. Fin. 3, 7, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Strengthened by ab: [[quoniam]] in [[ulcus]] penetrat [[omnis]] a [[foris]] injuria, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227.<br /><b>fŏris</b>: is, and [[more]] freq. in plur., fŏres, um, f. Sanscr. dvār; Gr. [[θύρα]]>; O. H. Germ. [[tor]]; Engl. [[door]], etc.; cf. [[foras]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[door]], [[gate]]; in plur., the [[two]] leaves of a [[door]] (syn.: [[porta]], janua, valvae, [[ostium]], [[limen]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: crepuit [[foris]], Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 34; cf. id. Cas. 5, 1, 17: [[foris]] crepuit, concrepuit, id. Aul. 4, 5, 5; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 134; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 11: constitit ad geminae limina prima [[foris]], Ov. H. 12, 150: ut [[lictor]] forem virgā percuteret, Liv. 6, 34, 6: cum forem cubiculi clauserat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: forem thalami claudere, Ov. A. A. 3, 228: forem obdere alicui, id. P. 2, 2, 42: [[exclusus]] [[fore]], cum Longarenus foret [[intus]], Hor. S. 1, 2, 67.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: ex quo (Jano) fores in liminibus profanarum aedium januae nominantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67: pol, [[haud]] [[periculum]] est, cardines ne foribus effringantur, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 4 sq.; cf.: sonitum prohibe [[forum]] et crepitum cardinum, id. Curc. 1, 3, 1: a nobis [[graviter]] crepuerunt fores, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52: ad fores assistere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66: [[extra]] fores limenque carceris, id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: robustae, Hor. C. 3, 16, 2: invisae, id. S. 2, 3, 262: asperae, id. C. 3, 10, 3: durae, Tib. 1, 1, 56: foribus inest [[clavis]], id. 1, 6, 34: hostes incidentes semiapertis portarum foribus, Liv. 26, 39, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[door]], [[opening]], [[entrance]] of [[other]] things: [[aeneus]] [[equus]], cujus in lateribus fores essent, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38: nassarum, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 11: apum, id. 21, 14, 48, § 82.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[quasi]] amicitiae fores aperire, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 4: artis fores apertas intrare, Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61: rerum, id. 2, 8, 6, § 31.
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