noun · masculinesecond declension
forus
forus m (genitive forī)
Meaning
- masculinea gangway
- masculinea row of seats
- masculinea cell of bees
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | forus | forī |
| genitive | forī | forōrum |
| dative | forō | forīs |
| accusative | forum | forōs |
| ablative | forō | forīs |
| vocative | fore | forī |
fŏrus, i, m. (also fŏrum, i, n., and fŏri, ōrum, m.) [kindred with forum, foras, foris, from fero; what leads out of doors; hence],
I. a gangway in a ship.
I. Lit.: multa foro ponit et agea longa repletur, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 2: illum nautis forum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 206, 17: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17:
(Charon), laxat foros, Verg. A. 6, 412.—Neutr. form: fora, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 55 P.—II. Transf.
A. A row of seats in the Circus:
loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent: fori appellati, Liv. 1, 35, 8: foros in Circo faciendos, id. 1, 56, 2; 45, 1, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. forum, p. 84 Müll. (v. the passage under forum init.— * B. A passage, alley or walk around a bed in a garden:
angustosque foros adverso limite ducens, Col. 10, 92.—* C. A cell of bees:
complebuntque foros et floribus horrea texent, Verg. G. 4, 250.—* D. A gaming-board, dice-board: forum aleatorium calfecimus, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.
fŏrus, i, for forum, v. 1. forum
I. init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
forus ī, m
1 FOR-, a gangway (in a ship): per foros cursare: laxat foros, V.— A row of seats (in the Circus), L.— A cell (of bees): conplere foros, V.
Origins
Uncertain. Compare Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”), Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “a passage; passage-way; ford; bridge”), Old High German bara, para (“a bar; barrier”).