What is the Latin word for entrance?

The usual Latin words for “entrance” are ingressiō, ingredior, introitus; also adeō, accēdō, līmen. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“entrance” in Latin

ingressiōentering; entrance ingrediorto go into or onto, enter; to enter upon, engage in, apply oneself to something; to enter upon, begin, commence introitusa going in or into, entering; an entrance; a place of entrance; passage; mouth of a river; an entering or entrance into adeōto approach, go to; to attend (a performance); to undertake, undergo accēdōto go or come toward, approach, reach; to advance, attack; to be added, join līmenthreshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway); lintel; threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door faucēsthe upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet; a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gul ōstiumdoor; entrance; estuary iānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city); an entrance, entry, access exōrdiumbeginning, commencement; introduction, preface, start or beginning of a speech; foundation, creation

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

entrance

Action of entering, ingressio: ingressus: introitus (also figuratively, of entering into an office, etc., introitus sacerdotii): aditus (the going up to): To refuse entrance to anybody, aliquem introitu prohibere. Entrance into the forum, ingressio fori: to make a public entrance, triumphantem urbem inire, or in urbem invehi, or (according to our notions) *sollemni pompa, stipatum comitibus, urbem ingredi, intrare, or in urbem introire: to make a public entrance on horseback, introire vehentetn equo (Gell.). Anybody’s entrance into the city, alicujus introitus in urbem (Cic.).

IMPROPR., To find an entrance (i. e., into the mind), accipi, probari (find acceptance): to find entrance into anybody’s mind, movere aliquem or alicujus animum (to affect by one’s representations); in alicujus pectus descendere :aequis auribus accipi: to find no entrance, non audiri.

Passage by which a place is entered, introitus (e.g., portus): aditus: accessus (approach): limen (threshold): fauces (narrow entrance): ostium (PROP., door as opening; then any entrance, e.g., of a harbor, mouth of a river, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) introitus atque ostium (e.g., portus): janua (house-door). The entrance into a prison, ostium limenque carceris: at the entrance (of a house), in limine or ad limen aedium. All the entrances were closed, omnes introitus erant praeclusi (Caes.).

Opening of a speech, etc., introitus: ingressio: ingressus: exordium: prologus: prooemium. Vid: EXORDIUM.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for entrance?: The usual Latin words for “entrance” are ingressiō, ingredior, introitus; also adeō, accēdō, līmen. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.