I.a door, gate; in plur., the two leaves of a door (syn.: porta, janua, valvae, ostium, limen).
I. Lit.
(α).
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.—
(β).
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.—
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.—
II. 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.
