window
window
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Ar. and P. θῠρί̆ς, ἡ.
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Ar. and P. θῠρί̆ς, ἡ.
WINDOW
fenestra (an opening in a wall to admit both light and air. ☞ The fenestrae were secured with window-shutters curtains and lattice-work; afterward under the emperors with the transparent lapis phengites or specularis talc or mica; hence specularia such windows; also hot-house windows Martialis 8 14): vitreae (glass-windows are mentioned for the first time in the fourth century Hieronymus in Ezech. 40 16). A blind window fenestrae imago (Vitr. 4 2 4): having windows fenestratus: to open the windows (so as to let air into a room) cubiculi fenestras patefacere sic ut perflatus aliquis accedat (Vid: Celsus 3 19); perflatum in cubiculum totis admittere fenestris (Ov. Plin.).
fenestra (an opening in a wall to admit both light and air. ☞ The fenestrae were secured with window-shutters curtains and lattice-work; afterward under the emperors with the transparent lapis phengites or specularis talc or mica; hence specularia such windows; also hot-house windows Martialis 8 14): vitreae (glass-windows are mentioned for the first time in the fourth century Hieronymus in Ezech. 40 16). A blind window fenestrae imago (Vitr. 4 2 4): having windows fenestratus: to open the windows (so as to let air into a room) cubiculi fenestras patefacere sic ut perflatus aliquis accedat (Vid: Celsus 3 19); perflatum in cubiculum totis admittere fenestris (Ov. Plin.).
window:
1. fĕnestra (an opening for light and air, closed by shutters): the moon entered the w.s with double shutters, bifores intrabat luna fenestras, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 5: the closed w.s, junctae fenestrae, Hor. Od. 1, 25, 1: v. Smith's Ant. p. 500.
2. spĕcŭlāre (a w. glazed with lapis specularis: v. ibid.): the w.s admit the clear rays of the sun, specularia puros admittunt soles, Mart. 8, 14. 3. [Note. :--Glass-windows, fenestrae vitreae, are first mentioned by Jerome in the 4th century of our era.] Phr.: to furnish with w.s, fenestrare, Plin.: w.-pane, *vitrum fenestrae, speculare: v. above.
1. fĕnestra (an opening for light and air, closed by shutters): the moon entered the w.s with double shutters, bifores intrabat luna fenestras, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 5: the closed w.s, junctae fenestrae, Hor. Od. 1, 25, 1: v. Smith's Ant. p. 500.
2. spĕcŭlāre (a w. glazed with lapis specularis: v. ibid.): the w.s admit the clear rays of the sun, specularia puros admittunt soles, Mart. 8, 14. 3. [
appearing fewer than 50 times
θυρίςa window
λουμενάριον
(luminarium), window
παραθυρίς
side-window
φανόπτης
opening for light, window
φωτοθυρίς
window
Windows
See domus.