pseudothyrum

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σωφροσύνη τὸ περὶ τὰς γυναῖκας → temperance in relation to women

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pseudŏthyrum: i, n., = ψευδόθυρον>.
I Lit., a backdoor, private entrance, postern-gate: palatii, Amm. 14, 1, 3; Oros. 7, 6 fin.—
II Trop., a secret manner: (nummi) per pseudothyrum revertantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 50: non janua receptis, sed pseudothyro intromissis voluptatibus, id. Red. in Sen. 6, 14.