fenestra

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

fenestra ae, f

1 FA-, an opening for light, window : fenestrarum angustiae: bifores, O.: iuncta, closed , H.: patulae, O.: animi, i. e. the senses.—An opening, loophole, breach, orifice : fenestrae ad tormenta mittenda, Cs.: ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram, a breach , V.: molles in aure fenestrae, i. e. holes for rings , Iu.—Fig., an entrance, admission, opportunity, inlet, occasion : ad nequitiem, T.

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