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|Definition=[ῠ], Ion. [[θύρη]], ἡ, Ion. gen. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> θυρέων Archil.127, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.9:—[[door]], Il.24.317, etc.: freq. in plural, [[θύραι]], of [[double doors]] or [[folding doors]], θύραι δικλίδες Od.17.267; θύραι φαειναί 6.19, al.; θυρῶν ζεῦγος καινῶν ''IG''12.313.123, cf. 4.1488.25(Epid.); <b class="b3">ἡ δεξιὰ θύρα</b> the [[right]] [[valve]], ib.22.1457.16; <b class="b3">θ. μονόθυρος</b> ib.1627.418; <b class="b3">θύραι λίθιναι</b> (including the [[framework]]) ib. 12.372.195; <b class="b3">θύραι αὔλειαι</b>, v. [[αὔλειος]]; ἡ θύρα ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φέρουσα D. 47.53, cf. [[κηπαῖος]] II; rarely for [[πύλαι]], [[gates]], Plu.''Cat.Mi.''65; of the [[carceres]] in the Roman [[circus]], [[barrier]]s, Tab.Defix.Aud.187.59. —Phrases: <b class="b3">προσθεῖναι τὰς θύρας, προστιθέναι τὴν θύραν</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.78, Lys.1.13; ἐπισπάσαι X.''HG''6.4.36; κλείειν Aristopho 7, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 314d; [[ἐφέλκεσθαι]] Luc.''Am.''16; [[τὴν θύραν βαλανοῦν]], [[τὴν θύραν μοχλοῦν]], [[bar the door]], Ar. ''Fr.''251, 369; [[θύραν κόπτειν]], [[θύραν πατάσσειν]], [[θύραν κρούειν]], [[knock at the door]], [[rap at the door]], Id.''Nu.''132, ''Ra.''38, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 310b; [[ἀράττειν]], [[ἐπαράξαι]], Ar.''Ec.'' 977, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 314d; <b class="b3">τὴν θύραν ἀνοιγνύναι</b> open it, v. [[ἀνοίγνυμι]]; ὦσαι [[push]] [[it]] open, Lys.1.24; <b class="b3">μικρὸν ἐνδοῦναι</b> [[open]] it [[a little]], Plu.2.597d; δόμου ἐν πρώτῃσι θύρῃσι στῆναι Od.1.255; ἷζε δ' ἐπὶ… οὐδοῦ ἔντοσθε θυράων 17.339; θυρῶν ἔνδον S.''El.''78; <b class="b3">πρὸ θυρῶν</b> ib.109(anap.); [[ἐπί]] or <b class="b3">παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι</b> at [[Priam]]'s [[door]], i.e. before his [[dwelling]], Il.2.788, 7.346: metaph., ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἶναι X. ''An.''6.5.23, cf. D.10.34; τῆς πατρίδος Plu.''Sull.''29, ''Arat.''37; ἐπὶ θύραις τῆς Πίσης Philostr.''VA''8.15; <b class="b3">πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρας ὄντος</b> [[being at the door]], Plu.2.128f (but χειμῶνος ἐπὶ θύραις ὄντος Phlp.''in Mete.''130.25).<br><span class="bld">2</span> especially of kings and potentates, <b class="b3">οἱ τῶν ἀρίστων Περσῶν παῖδες ἐπὶ ταῖς βασιλέως θύραις παιδεύονται</b> are [[educate]]d at [[court]], X.''An.''1.9.3; <b class="b3">γυνὴ φοιτῶσα ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας τοῦ βασιλέος</b>, of a [[petitioner]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.119, cf. X.''An.''2.1.8; <b class="b3">αἱ ἐπὶ τὰς θ. φοιτήσεις</b> [[dangling]] after the [[court]], Id.''HG''1.6.7; ἐπὶ ταῖς τῶν πλουσίων θ. [[διατρίβειν]] Arist. ''Rh.''1391a12; περὶ θύρας διατρίβειν Id.''Pol.''1313b7, Theopomp.Hist. 121; applied also to lovers, clients, disciples, etc., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν</b> (or <b class="b3">τὰς θύρας</b>) <b class="b3"> τινὸς βαδίζειν, ἰέναι</b>, etc., Ar.''Pl.''1007, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 364b, cf. ''Phdr.'' 233e, etc.; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις ἀεὶ καθῆσθαι Ar.''Nu.''467: metaph., Μουσῶν ἐπὶ ποιητικὰς θ. [[ἀφικέσθαι]] Pl.''Phdr.''245a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[proverb|prov.]], γλώσσῃ θύραι οὐκ ἐπίκεινται = not have on the [[tongue]] a [[door]] that [[close]]s, v. [[ἀθυρόστομος]], Thgn.421; <b class="b3">οὐδέποτ' ἴσχει θ.</b>, of admirers of the [[Demos]], Eup.265; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν</b> to [[break]] the [[pitcher]] at the very [[door]], 'there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip', Arist.''Rh.'' 1363a7; <b class="b3">τίς ἂν θύρας ἁμάρτοι</b>; Id.''Metaph.''993b5; λόγος δικαστηρίου ἢ ἀγορᾶς οὐδὲ θύρας ἰδών D.H.''Dem.''23; <b class="b3">τὸ κατὰ θύραν τερπνόν</b> [[vulgar]] [[pleasure]]s, Eun.''VS''p.496 B.; παρὰ θύραν πλανᾶσθαι S.E.''M.''1.43; <b class="b3">ἐκ θυρῶν εὐθέως τῆς… ἀκροάσεως</b> at the very [[beginning]], Olymp.''in Mete.'' 2.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[shutter]] of a [[window]], τὰς θ. τὰς ἐπὶ τῶν θυρίδων ''IG''12(5).872.37 (Tenos), cf. 22.1668.60.<br><span class="bld">5</span> pl., [[door]] of a [[chariot]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 6.4.9.<br><span class="bld">6</span> pl., [[axle trees]], Poll.1.146 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[εὑραί]]).<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[θύρη καταπακτή]] = [[trapdoor]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.16.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[frame of planks]], [[raft]], Id.2.96; <b class="b3">φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσί τε καὶ ξύλοισι</b> with [[hurdle]]s and [[log]]s, Id.8.51, cf. Th.6.101.<br><span class="bld">9</span> in [[war]], [[fenced works]] to [[obstruct]] [[landing]] parties, in plural, Ph.''Bel.''94.37, 100.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[entrance]], as to a [[grotto]], in plural, Od.9.243, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sluice gate]], PPetr.3p.134: pl., ib.2p.41 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., senses, as the [[entrance]]s to the [[soul]], τὸ σῶμα πολλαῖς θυρίσι καὶ θύραις ἀνοίγοντες Seren. ap. Stob.3.6.17; ἐγγὺς τοῦ στόματος ἡ καρδία, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ τῶν θ. Aristaenet.2.7. (I.-E. dhur-, cf. Lat. [[foras]], [[fores]], OE. duru 'door', etc.)