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|lshtext=<b>fĕnestra</b>: ae (also contr. [[festra]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; Petr. Fragm. p. 872 Burm.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 91, 6 Müll.), f. [[root]] ΦΑΝ>, in [[φαίνω]], [[φανερός]] | |lshtext=<b>fĕnestra</b>: ae (also contr. [[festra]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; Petr. Fragm. p. 872 Burm.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 91, 6 Müll.), f. [[root]] ΦΑΝ>, in [[φαίνω]], [[φανερός]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[opening]] in the [[wall]] to [[admit]] the [[light]], a [[window]] (orig. closed by [[two]] [[wooden]] shutters or by curtains, and not [[till]] the [[empire]] by sheets of [[mica]], [[lapis]] [[specularis]]; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 520 sq.): [[neque]] [[fenestra]], [[nisi]] clatrata, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 26: fenestras indere, id. Rud. 1, 1, 6: fenestrarum angustias [[quod]] reprehendis, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2: bifores, Ov. P. 3, 3, 5: juncta, closed, * Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; cf. patulae, Ov. M. 14, 752: reticulatae, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3: se plena per insertas fundebat [[luna]] fenestras, Verg. A. 3, 152: diversas percurrens [[luna]] fenestras, Prop. 1, 3, 31 Burm. ad loc.: fenestram in [[arca]] [[facies]], Vulg. Gen. 6, 16 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[loop]]-[[hole]] for arrows, etc.: (in turri) fenestras ad tormenta mittenda, in struendo reliquerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 9 fin.—<br /> <b>2</b> The [[recess]] of a [[window]]: concludere in fenestram [[firmiter]], Plaut. Cas. 1, 44.—<br /> <b>3</b> A [[breach]] made by besiegers in a [[wall]]: excisa trabe firma cavavit Robora et ingentem lato dedit [[ore]] fenestram, Verg. A. 2, 482.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of the senses, windows for [[intelligence]]: ut [[facile]] intelligi possit, animum et videre et audire, non eas partes, quae [[quasi]] fenestrae sint animi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 46—<br /> <b>B</b> Poet., transf., of holes [[through]] the tips of the ears: [[natus]] ad Euphraten, molles [[quod]] in aure fenestrae Arguerint, Juv. 1, 104.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., an [[entrance]], [[admission]], [[opportunity]], [[inlet]], [[occasion]] ([[very]] [[seldom]]): hui quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris! Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72: si hanc fenestram aperueritis, [[nihil]] aliud agi sinetis, [[Tiber]]. ap. Suet. Tib. 28. | ||
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fĕnestra: ae (also contr. festra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; Petr. Fragm. p. 872 Burm.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 91, 6 Müll.), f. root ΦΑΝ>, in φαίνω, φανερός,
I an opening in the wall to admit the light, a window (orig. closed by two wooden shutters or by curtains, and not till the empire by sheets of mica, lapis specularis; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 520 sq.): neque fenestra, nisi clatrata, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 26: fenestras indere, id. Rud. 1, 1, 6: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2: bifores, Ov. P. 3, 3, 5: juncta, closed, * Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; cf. patulae, Ov. M. 14, 752: reticulatae, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3: se plena per insertas fundebat luna fenestras, Verg. A. 3, 152: diversas percurrens luna fenestras, Prop. 1, 3, 31 Burm. ad loc.: fenestram in arca facies, Vulg. Gen. 6, 16 et saep.—
II Transf.
1 A loop-hole for arrows, etc.: (in turri) fenestras ad tormenta mittenda, in struendo reliquerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 9 fin.—
2 The recess of a window: concludere in fenestram firmiter, Plaut. Cas. 1, 44.—
3 A breach made by besiegers in a wall: excisa trabe firma cavavit Robora et ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram, Verg. A. 2, 482.—
4 Of the senses, windows for intelligence: ut facile intelligi possit, animum et videre et audire, non eas partes, quae quasi fenestrae sint animi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 46—
B Poet., transf., of holes through the tips of the ears: natus ad Euphraten, molles quod in aure fenestrae Arguerint, Juv. 1, 104.—
II Trop., an entrance, admission, opportunity, inlet, occasion (very seldom): hui quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris! Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72: si hanc fenestram aperueritis, nihil aliud agi sinetis, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 28.
