opening the door

cardo, ĭnis, m. [cf. kradê, a swing; kradainô, to swing, wave; Sanscr. kurd, a spring, a leap; old Germ. hrad, lively, and Germ. reit in bereit, ready] (f., Gracch. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P.; Graius ap. Non. p. 202, 20; cf. infra in Vitr.), the pivot and socket, upon which a door was made to swing at the lintel and the threshold, the hinge of a door or gate, Enn. Trag. 119 Vahl.:

paene ecfregisti foribus cardines,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8:

postis a cardine vellit Aeratos,

Verg. A. 2, 480:

cardo stridebat,

id. ib. 1, 449; cf. id. Cir. 222:

num muttit cardo?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 94:

immoti,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:

singuli,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 117:

facili patuerunt cardine valvae,

Juv. 4, 63:

versato cardine Thisbe Egreditur,

opening the door, Ov. M. 4, 93; cf. Verg. A. 3, 448:

nec strepitum verso Saturnia cardine fecit,

Ov. M. 14, 782 al. —

Meton.

Cardines, in mechanics, beams that were fitted together; and specifically, cardo masculus, a tenon, Vitr. 9, 6, and cardo femina, a socket, a mortise, id. 9, 6:

cardo securiclatus,

axeshaped tenon, a dovetail, id. 10, 15, 3.— Hence,

In garlands, the place where the two ends meet, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

In astron., the point about which something turns, a pole. So of the North pole:

caeli,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:

mundi,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 89; cf.: extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Ov. P. 2, 10, 45; Stat. Th. 1, 349:

cardo glacialis ursae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1139:

Arctoae cardo portae,

Stat. Th. 7, 35;

hence anal. to this, with the agrimensores,

the line limiting the field, drawn through from north to south, Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf. Fest. s. v. decimanus, p. 71 Müll., and accordingly the mountain Taurus is called cardo, i. e. line or limit, Liv. 37, 54, 23; cf. id. 40, 18, 8; 41, 1, 3.—Of the four cardinal points of the world, Quint. 12, 10, 67; so, Hesperius Eous, Luc. 5, 71; Stat. Th. 1, 157:

occiduus,

Luc. 4, 672:

medius,

id. 4, 673.— Of the earth as the centre of the universe, acc. to the belief of the ancients, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160; 2, 9, 6, § 44.—Of the intersection of inclined surfaces:

reperiuntur (aquae)... quodam convexitatis cardine aut montium radicibus,

Plin. 31, 3, 26, § 43.—Of the summer solstice:

anni,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264; and so of the epochs of the different seasons:

temporum,

id. 18, 25, 58, § 218; 18, 25, 59, § 220.—Hence, of the time of life:

extremus,

old age, Luc. 7, 381.—

Trop., that on which every thing else turns or depends, the chief point or circumstance (so not before the Aug. per.):

haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,

at such a turn of affairs, so great a crisis, in so critical a moment, decisive, Verg. A. 1, 672 (hoc est in articulo, Serv.; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 7, 6; Gr. akmê):

fatorum in cardine summo,

Stat. Th. 10, 853: litium. Quint. 12, 8, 2:

causae,

id. 5, 12, 3:

satellitem in quo totius dominationis summa quasi quodam cardine continetur,

Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 5:

unum eligamus in quo est summum ac principale, in quo totius sapientiae cardo versatur,

Lact. 3, 7, 6.

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fŏris, is, and more freq. in plur., fŏres, um, f. [Sanscr. dvār; Gr. thura; O. H. Germ. tor; Engl. door, etc.; cf. foras], a door, gate; in plur., the two leaves of a door (syn.: porta, janua, valvae, ostium, limen).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

fŏris, adv. [abl. form (denoting both the place where and the place whence), and answering to the acc. form foras, v. foras init. ].

Out at the doors, out of doors, abroad, without (opp. intus, domi, etc.):

sinito ambulare, si foris, si intus volent,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 5: cf.:

foris pascuntur, intus opus faciunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

ille relictus intus, exspectatus foris,

Cic. Sull. 5. 17; cf.

also: nam et intus paveo, et foris formido,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20: aliorum intus corpus et foris lignum, ut nucum;

aliis foris corpus, intus lignum, ut prunis,

Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

cum et intra vallum et foris caederentur,

Nep. Dat. 6:

domi et foris aegre quod sit, satis semper est,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

ut domo sumeret, neu foris quaereret,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 6:

nec minore saevitia foris et in exteros grassatus est,

Suet. Ner. 36:

(consilium petere) foris potius quam domo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 26:

te foris sapere, tibi non posse te auxiliarier,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

si foris cenat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; cf.:

venit ad nos Cicero tuus ad cenam, cum Pomponia foris cenaret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19 Orell. N. cr.:

cenitare,

id. Fam. 7, 16, 2; 9, 24, 3:

extrinsecus, cum ea, quae sunt foris neque inhaerent in rei natura, colliguntur,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

haec studia delectant domi, non impediunt foris,

in public life, id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.:

cum ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructum tulisset,

i. e. beyond the senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

fuit ille vir cum foris clarus, tum domi admirandus, neque rebus externis magis laudandus quam institutis domesticis,

id. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

et domi dignitas et foris auctoritas retinetur,

abroad, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,

id. Off. 1, 22, 76; and:

otium foris, foeda domi lascivia,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

foris valde plauditur,

among the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1:

egere, foris esse Gabinium, sine provincia stare non posse,

i. e. in the people's power, in debt, id. Pis. 6, 12.—

As prep. with acc. (late Lat.): constitutus si sit fluvius, qui foris agrum non vagatur, beyond, Auct. de Limit. p. 273 Goes.:

ut terminos foris limites ponerentur,

id. ib. —

From without, from abroad, = extrinsecus:

at, quaecumque foris veniunt, impostaque nobis Pondera sunt,

Lucr. 5, 543:

sed quod ea non parit oratoris ars, sed foris ad se delata, tamen arte tractat,

Cic. Part. 14, 48: aut sumere ex sua vi atque natura, aut assumere foris. id. de Or. 2, 39, 163; cf.:

foris assumuntur ea, quae non sua vi sed extranea sublevantur,

id. ib. 2, 40, 173; id. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 71:

auxilium non petendum est foris,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, [p. 768] 6:

ut in ipsa (arte) insit, non foris petatur extremum,

id. Fin. 3, 7, 24.—

Strengthened by ab:

quoniam in ulcus penetrat omnis a foris injuria,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227.

fŏris, is, and more freq. in plur., fŏres, um, f. [Sanscr. dvār; Gr. thura; O. H. Germ. tor; Engl. door, etc.; cf. foras], a door, gate; in plur., the two leaves of a door (syn.: porta, janua, valvae, ostium, limen).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

fŏris, adv. [abl. form (denoting both the place where and the place whence), and answering to the acc. form foras, v. foras init. ].

Out at the doors, out of doors, abroad, without (opp. intus, domi, etc.):

sinito ambulare, si foris, si intus volent,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 5: cf.:

foris pascuntur, intus opus faciunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

ille relictus intus, exspectatus foris,

Cic. Sull. 5. 17; cf.

also: nam et intus paveo, et foris formido,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 20: aliorum intus corpus et foris lignum, ut nucum;

aliis foris corpus, intus lignum, ut prunis,

Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 112:

cum et intra vallum et foris caederentur,

Nep. Dat. 6:

domi et foris aegre quod sit, satis semper est,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

ut domo sumeret, neu foris quaereret,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 6:

nec minore saevitia foris et in exteros grassatus est,

Suet. Ner. 36:

(consilium petere) foris potius quam domo,

Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 26:

te foris sapere, tibi non posse te auxiliarier,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

si foris cenat,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 17; cf.:

venit ad nos Cicero tuus ad cenam, cum Pomponia foris cenaret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 19 Orell. N. cr.:

cenitare,

id. Fam. 7, 16, 2; 9, 24, 3:

extrinsecus, cum ea, quae sunt foris neque inhaerent in rei natura, colliguntur,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163:

haec studia delectant domi, non impediunt foris,

in public life, id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.:

cum ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructum tulisset,

i. e. beyond the senate, id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

fuit ille vir cum foris clarus, tum domi admirandus, neque rebus externis magis laudandus quam institutis domesticis,

id. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

et domi dignitas et foris auctoritas retinetur,

abroad, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,

id. Off. 1, 22, 76; and:

otium foris, foeda domi lascivia,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

foris valde plauditur,

among the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 1:

egere, foris esse Gabinium, sine provincia stare non posse,

i. e. in the people's power, in debt, id. Pis. 6, 12.—

As prep. with acc. (late Lat.): constitutus si sit fluvius, qui foris agrum non vagatur, beyond, Auct. de Limit. p. 273 Goes.:

ut terminos foris limites ponerentur,

id. ib. —

From without, from abroad, = extrinsecus:

at, quaecumque foris veniunt, impostaque nobis Pondera sunt,

Lucr. 5, 543:

sed quod ea non parit oratoris ars, sed foris ad se delata, tamen arte tractat,

Cic. Part. 14, 48: aut sumere ex sua vi atque natura, aut assumere foris. id. de Or. 2, 39, 163; cf.:

foris assumuntur ea, quae non sua vi sed extranea sublevantur,

id. ib. 2, 40, 173; id. Inv. 1, 11, 15; 2, 24, 71:

auxilium non petendum est foris,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, [p. 768] 6:

ut in ipsa (arte) insit, non foris petatur extremum,

id. Fin. 3, 7, 24.—

Strengthened by ab:

quoniam in ulcus penetrat omnis a foris injuria,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227.

praefurnĭum, i, n. [prae-furnus].

The opening of a furnace, the door by which fuel is admitted:

si uno praefurnio coques,

Cato, R. R. 38, 1.—

The heating-room, or hot anteroom of a bath, = propnigeion, Vitr. 5, 10, 2; 7, 10.

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