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forus

forus

Latin

Noun

forus m (genitive forī); second declension

  1. (nautical) a gangway
  2. (in a circus or stadium) a row of seats
  3. a cell of bees

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative forus forī
genitive forī forōrum
dative forō forīs
accusative forum forōs
ablative forō forīs
vocative fore forī

References

  • forus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • forus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • FORUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
    • (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
    • (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere