fornix

fornix icis, m

an arch, vault, cellar: huius (Verris) in foro Syracusis: camera lapideis fornicibus vincta, S.: adverso fornice, V.: fornices in muro ad excurrendum, vaulted openings for sallies, L.: Caeli ingentes, Enn. ap. C.: Fabius or Fabianus (C.) or Fabii (O.), a triumphal arch in the Sacra Via.—A covered way, L.—A brothel, H., Iu.