foris
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Italic *fworis, from earlier *θworis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).
Cognate with forās, forīs, forum, Sanskrit द्वार् (dvā́r), Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra) and Old English duru and dor (English door).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ris/, [ˈfɔrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ris/, [ˈfɔːris]
Noun edit
foris f (genitive foris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | foris | forēs |
Genitive | foris | forium |
Dative | forī | foribus |
Accusative | forem | forēs forīs |
Ablative | fore | foribus |
Vocative | foris | forēs |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Old locative case of some obsolete noun from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”), whence also forās.
Forīs is mostly of location, forās of direction.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.riːs/, [ˈfɔriːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ris/, [ˈfɔːris]
Adverb edit
forīs (not comparable)
- outside, outdoors (location)
- Synonyms: foras, extrinsecus
- Antonyms: intro, intrā, penitus
- Foris cenare.
- To dine outside.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.riːs/, [ˈfɔriːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ris/, [ˈfɔːris]
Noun edit
forīs
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- foris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)