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1 porticus
portĭcus, ūs, f. (also heteroclit. acc. plur. PORTICOS, Inscr. Orell. 4043) [porta], a walk covered by a roof supported on columns, a colonnade, piazza, arcade, gallery, porch, portico, = stoa.I.Lit.:II.omnes porticus commetiri,
Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 7:porticum aedificare,
id. ib. 3, 2, 69; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14:inambulare in porticu,
id. Rep. 1, 12, 18:viae latae, porticus, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 31, 43:porticuum laxitas,
Suet. Calig. 37:porticuum,
id. Dom. 14; Vitr. 5, 1:in amplis porticibus,
Verg. A. 3, 353; cf. id. ib. 2, 528:me porticus excepit,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 134; id. Ep. 1, 1, 71:porticus, in quā gestetur dominus,
Juv. 7, 178:triplex,
Vulg. Ezech. 42, 3.—In the upper story, Dig. 39, 2, 47.—Transf.* A.The entrance or porch of a tent ( poet.): saucii opplent porticus, the porches, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38.—B.A weather-board, shed, Col. 9 praef. § 2; 9, 7, 4; 9, 14, 14.—2.A long shed or gallery to protect soldiers in sieges, Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 3.—3.The Porch or Portico, meaning the school of the Stoics (from stoa, porch, the place where Zeno taught); hence, transf., the Stoic philosophy, the Stoics:Chrysippus, qui fulcire putatur porticum Stoicorum,
Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 44: clamat Zeno et tota illa porticus tumultuatur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7; Gell. 12, 5, 10. -
2 porticus
porticus ūs, f [porta], a covered walk between columns, colonnade, piazza, arcade, gallery, porch, portico: Nostin porticum apud macellum? T.: inambulare in porticu: in amplis porticibus, V.: me porticus excepit, H.: porticus, in quā Gestetur dominus, Iu.— Plur, a shed, gallery (to protect soldiers in a siege), Cs.— The Porch, Stoa, school of the Stoics: fulcire porticum Stoicorum, i. e. the Stoic philosophy.* * *colonnade, covered walk; portico; covered gallery atop ampitheater/siege works -
3 pronaus
prŏnāus or - os, i, m., = pronaos, the porch, vestibule, portico of a temple, Vitr. 3, 1 fin.; 4, 4, 1; 4, 7, 2; 5, 1, 9; Inscr. Grut. 27, 2; 214.
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