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|lshtext=<b>fornix</b>: ĭcis, m.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[arch]] or [[vault]] (cf.: [[camera]], [[testudo]], [[tholus]], [[lacunar]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[Democritus]] invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum [[curvatura]] [[paulatim]] inclinatorum [[medio]] saxo alligaretur, Sen. Ep. 90 med.: si [[quis]] in pariete communi demoliendo damni infecti promiserit, non debebit praestare, [[quod]] [[fornix]] vitii fecerit, Cic. Top. 4, 22; Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29: [[aqua]] fornicibus structis perducta (Romam), Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41: [[conspicio]] [[adverso]] fornice portas, the [[entrance]] under the archway [[over]] [[against]] us, Verg. A. 6, 631: fornices in [[muro]] erant apti ad excurrendum, [[vaulted]] openings from [[which]] to [[make]] sallies, Liv. 36, 23, 3; a [[covered]] [[way]], id. 44, 11, 5.—Poet., of the arches of [[heaven]]: caeli ingentes fornices, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 19 Müll. (Trag. v. 423 ed. Vahl.), a [[figure]] [[found]] [[fault]] [[with]] by [[Cicero]], Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.: Fornix Făbĭus, a [[triumphal]] [[arch]] built by Q. [[Fabius]] Allobrogicus in the Sacra Via, [[near]] the Regia. Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 67; also called Fornix Fabianus, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19 (for [[which]]: Arcus Fabianus, Sen. Const. Sap. 1); and: Fornix Fabii, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 239 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[brothel]], bagnio, [[stew]], [[situated]] in [[underground]] vaults, Hor. S. 1, 2, 30 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 14, 21; Juv. 3, 156; 11, 171.—Hence, transf., of one [[who]] gave [[himself]] up to [[prostitution]]: (Caesarem) [[Curio]] [[stabulum]] Nicomedis et Bithynicum fornicem dicit, Suet. Caes. 49. | |lshtext=<b>fornix</b>: ĭcis, m.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[arch]] or [[vault]] (cf.: [[camera]], [[testudo]], [[tholus]], [[lacunar]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[Democritus]] invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum [[curvatura]] [[paulatim]] inclinatorum [[medio]] saxo alligaretur, Sen. Ep. 90 med.: si [[quis]] in pariete communi demoliendo damni infecti promiserit, non debebit praestare, [[quod]] [[fornix]] vitii fecerit, Cic. Top. 4, 22; Auct. Her. 3, 16, 29: [[aqua]] fornicibus structis perducta (Romam), Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41: [[conspicio]] [[adverso]] fornice portas, the [[entrance]] under the archway [[over]] [[against]] us, Verg. A. 6, 631: fornices in [[muro]] erant apti ad excurrendum, [[vaulted]] openings from [[which]] to [[make]] sallies, Liv. 36, 23, 3; a [[covered]] [[way]], id. 44, 11, 5.—Poet., of the arches of [[heaven]]: caeli ingentes fornices, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 19 Müll. (Trag. v. 423 ed. Vahl.), a [[figure]] [[found]] [[fault]] [[with]] by [[Cicero]], Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.: Fornix Făbĭus, a [[triumphal]] [[arch]] built by Q. [[Fabius]] Allobrogicus in the Sacra Via, [[near]] the Regia. Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 67; also called Fornix Fabianus, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19 (for [[which]]: Arcus Fabianus, Sen. Const. Sap. 1); and: Fornix Fabii, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; cf. Becker's Antiq. 1, p. 239 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[brothel]], bagnio, [[stew]], [[situated]] in [[underground]] vaults, Hor. S. 1, 2, 30 sq.; id. Ep. 1, 14, 21; Juv. 3, 156; 11, 171.—Hence, transf., of one [[who]] gave [[himself]] up to [[prostitution]]: (Caesarem) [[Curio]] [[stabulum]] Nicomedis et Bithynicum fornicem dicit, Suet. Caes. 49. | ||
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|gf=<b>fornix</b>,¹² ĭcis, m.,<br /><b>1</b> cintre, arc, [[arche]] : Cic. Top. 22 ; Sen. Ep. 90, 32 || aqueduc : Plin. 31, 41 ; Liv. 40, 51, 7 || porte cintrée, voûtée : Liv. 36, 23, 3 || passage couvert, Liv. 44, 11, 5 || arc de triomphe : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19 ; de Or. 2, 267<br /><b>2</b> lieu de prostitution, [[lupanar]] : Hor. S. 1, 2, 30 || prostitué : Suet. Cæs. 49. | |||
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