cardo

cardō inis, m

CARD-, a hinge, pivot and socket (of door or gate): postīs a cardine vellit, V.: (ianua) movebat Cardines, H.: facili patuerunt cardine valvae, Iu.: versato cardine Egreditur, opening the door , O.— In astron., a pole : Extremusque adeo duplici de cardine vertex Dicitur esse polus, C., O.— A boundary, limit : intra eum cardinem (imperii), i. e. Mount Taurus , L.—Fig., a turning-point, crisis (poet.): tantus rerum, V.