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fores

fores is a Latin form of foris, meaning “outside, abroad; (noun) door”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 302 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.9.4: quorum alter ex pontibus, quo tutior altitudine esset, hoc audacius longiusque permitteret tela, alter, qui propior hostem in ipso vallo collocatus esset, ponte ab incidentibus telis tegeretur. Portis fores altioresque turres imposuit.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.67: … eam: Léna deleníta argento nútum observabít meum, Quíd velim, quid stúdeam. adveniens dígito impellam iánuam, Fóres patebunt. de ínproviso Chrýsis ubi me aspéxerit, Álacris ob viám mihi veniet cómplexum exoptáns meum, Míhi se …

Terence, Adelphi 1.2.88: Fores effregit atque in aedes irruit

All forms of foris (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.