foris

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”). Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvā́r), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra) and Old English duru and dor (English door). O-grade derivation of the same Proto-Indo-European root also yielded Latin forum.

Pronunciation 1

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ris/, [ˈfɔ.rɪs]
Noun

foris f (genitive foris); third declension

  1. door
  2. gate
  3. opening
  4. entrance
Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative foris forēs
genitive foris forium
dative forī foribus
accusative forem forēs
ablative fore foribus
vocative foris forēs
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • Forculus
  • foricula

Pronunciation 2

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.riːs/, [ˈfɔ.riːs]
Alternative forms
Adverb

forīs (not comparable)

  1. outside, outdoors (location)
Descendants

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.riːs/, [ˈfɔ.riːs]

Noun

forīs

  1. dative plural of forum
  2. ablative plural of forum

References

  • foris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • foris in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • foris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • foris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
    • (ambiguous) to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
    • (ambiguous) to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
    • (ambiguous) to bolt the door: fores obserare
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