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θύρα, θύρα, door, (freq. pl.) double/folding doors

θύρα [ῠ], Ion. θύρη, ἡ, Ion. gen. pl. θυρέων Archil. 127, Hdt. 1.9:—
  • door, Il. 24.317, etc.: freq. in pl. of double or folding doors, θ. δικλίδες Od. 17.267; θ. φαειναί 6.19, al.; θυρῶν ζεῦγος καινῶν IG 1(2).313.123, cf. 4.1488.25 (Epid.); ἡ δεξιὰ θ. the right valve, ib. 2(2).1457.16; θ. μονόθυρος ib. 1627.418; θύραι λίθιναι (including the framework) ib. 1(2).372.195; θύραι αὔλειαι, v. αὔλειος; ἡ θ. ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φέρουσα, D. 47.53, cf. κηπαῖος II; rarely for πύλαι, gates, Plu. Cat.Mi. 65; of the carceres in the Roman circus, barriers, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.59. —Phrases: προσθεῖναι τὰς θ., προστιθέναι τὴν θ., Hdt. 3.78, Lys. 1.13; ἐπισπάσαι X. HG 6.4.36; κλείειν Aristopho 7, Pl. Prt. 314d; ἐφέλκεσθαι Luc. Am. 16; τὴν θ. βαλανοῦν, μοχλοῦν, bar the door, Ar. Fr. 251, 369; θύραν κόπτειν, πατάσσειν, κρούειν, knock, rap at the door, Id. Nu. 132, Ra. 38, Pl. Prt. 310b; ἀράττειν, ἐπαράξαι, Ar. Ec. 977, Pl. Prt. 314d; τὴν θ. ἀνοιγνύναι open it, v. ἀνοίγνυμι; ὦσαι push it open, Lys. 1.24; μικρὸν ἐνδοῦναι open it a little, Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.597d; δόμου ἐν πρώτῃσι θύρῃσι στῆναι Od. 1.255; ἷζε δʼ ἐπὶ . . οὐδοῦ ἔντοσθε θυράων 17.339; θυρῶν ἔνδον S. El. 78; πρὸ θυρῶν ib. 109 (anap.); ἐπί or παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι at Priamʼs door, i.e. before his dwelling, Il. 2.788, 7.346: metaph., ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἶναι X. An. 6.5.23, cf. D. 10.34; τῆς πατρίδος Plu. Sull. 29, Arat. 37; ἐπὶ θύραις τῆς Πίσης Philostr. VA 8.15; πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρας ὄντος being at the door, Plu. Sanit. 2.128f (but χειμῶνος ἐπὶ θύραις ὄντος Phlp. in Mete. 130.25).
      • 2 esp. of kings and potentates, οἱ τῶν ἀρίστων Περσῶν παῖδες ἐπὶ ταῖς βασιλέως θύραις παιδεύονται are educated at court, X. An. 1.9.3; γυνὴ φοιτῶσα ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας τοῦ βασιλέος, of a petitioner, Hdt. 3.119, cf. X. An. 2.1.8; αἱ ἐπὶ τὰς θ. φοιτήσεις dangling after the court, Id. HG 1.6.7; ἐπὶ ταῖς τῶν πλουσίων θ. διατρίβειν Arist. Rh. 1391a12; περὶ θύρας διατρίβειν Id. Pol. 1313b7, Theopomp.Hist. 121; applied also to lovers, clients, disciples, etc., ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν (or τὰς θύρας) τινὸς βαδίζειν, ἰέναι, etc., Ar. Pl. 1007, Pl. R. 364b, cf. Phdr. 233e, etc.; ἐπὶ ταῖσι θύραις ἀεὶ καθῆσθαι Ar. Nu. 467: metaph., Μουσῶν ἐπὶ ποιητικὰς θ. ἀφικέσθαι Pl. Phdr. 245a.
      • 3 prov., γλώσσῃ θύραι οὐκ ἐπίκεινται Thgn. 421; οὐδέποτʼ ἴσχει θ., of admirers of the Demos, Eup. 265; ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν to break the pitcher at the very door, ‘thereʼs many a slip ʼtwixt cup and lip’, Arist. Rh. 1363a7; τίς ἂν θύρας ἁμάρτοι; Id. Metaph. 993b5; λόγος δικαστηρίου ἢ ἀγορᾶς οὐδὲ θύρας ἰδών D.H. Dem. 23; τὸ κατὰ θύραν τερπνόν vulgar pleasures, Eun. VS p.496 B.; παρὰ θύραν πλανᾶσθαι S.E. M. 1.43; ἐκ θυρῶν εὐθέως τῆς . . ἀκροάσεως at the very beginning, Olymp. in Mete. 2.1.
      • 4 shutter of a window, τὰς θ. τὰς ἐπὶ τῶν θυρίδων IG 12(5).872.37 (Tenos), cf. 22.1668.60.
      • 5 pl., door of a chariot, X. Cyr. 6.4.9.
      • 6 pl., axle-trees, Poll. 1.146 (v.l. εὑραί).
      • 7 θύρη καταπακτή trap-door, Hdt. 5.16.
      • 8 frame of planks, raft, Id. 2.96; φραξάμενοι τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θύρῃσί τε καὶ ξύλοισι with hurdles and logs, Id. 8.51, cf. Th. 6.101.
      • 9 in war, fenced works to obstruct landingparties, in pl., Ph. Bel. 94.37, 100.7.
    • II generally, entrance, as to a grotto, in pl., Od. 9.243, al.
      • 2 sluice-gate, PPetr. 3 p.134: pl., ib. 2p.41 (iii B.C.).
    • III metaph., senses, as the entrances to the soul, τὸ σῶμα πολλαῖς θυρίσι καὶ θύραις ἀνοίγοντες Seren. ap. Stob. 3.6.17; ἐγγὺς τοῦ στόματος ἡ καρδία, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ τῶν θ. Aristaenet. 2.7. (I.-E. dhur-, cf. Lat. foras, fores, OE. duru ‘door’, etc.)

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