Fenestra
Fenestra
1. A window. For the windows of Greek houses, see DOMUS p. 663 b; and for the windows of Roman houses, DOMUS p. 686 a.
2. A loophole in a tower from which arrows and other missiles were discharged. (Caes. B.C. 2.9.)
3. A hole pierced in the lobe of the ear for holding ornaments. (Juv. 1.104.) [INAURIS]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.