ianitrix

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

jānĭtrix, īcis, f. [janitor], a female door-keeper, a portress.

I Lit.: anus hic solet cubitare custos, janitrix, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 76.—

II Transf.: laurus janitrix Caesarum, i. e. planted in front of the house , Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127.