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vestĭbŭlum , i, n. perh. for vesti-bulum, kindr. with Sanscr. vas, habitare, commorari; cf. Vesta,
I.the enclosed space between the entrance of a house and the street, a fore-court, entrance-court (cf. atrium).
B. Transf., in gen., an entrance to any thing: “sepulcri,Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61: “castrorum,Liv. 25, 17, 5: “columbarii,Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4; cf. “gallinarii,Col. 8, 3, 5; 8, 8, 3: “alvearii,id. 9, 12, 1: “urbis,Liv. 36, 22 fin.: “Siciliae,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.—
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