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.