foris

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

foris f (genitive foris); third declension

  1. door
  2. gate
  3. opening
  4. entrance
    Synonyms: ingressus, iānua, initium, līmen, porta, ingressiō, vestibulum
    Antonym: abitus
Declension

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

Etymology 2

Old ablative case of Etymology 1 (*θworeys). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”), whence also forās.

Forīs is mostly of location, forās of direction.

Pronunciation

Adverb

forīs (not comparable)

  1. outside, outdoors (location)
    Synonyms: foras, extrinsecus
    Antonyms: intro, intrā, penitus
    Foris cenare.
    To dine outside.
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
  • Dalmatian: fure
  • French: hors, dehors
  • Friulian: fûr
  • Galician: fóra
  • Istriot: four
  • Italian: fuori
  • Neapolitan: fore
  • Portuguese: fora
  • Sicilian: fora
  • Spanish: fuera
  • Venetian: fora, fuora

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

forīs

  1. dative/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 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, 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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