pseudothyrum

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

pseudŏthyrum, i, n., = ψευδόθυρον.

I Lit., a backdoor , private entrance , postern-gate : palatii, Amm. 14, 1, 3; Oros. 7, 6 fin.

II Trop., a secret manner : (nummi) per pseudothyrum revertantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 50: non janua receptis, sed pseudothyro intromissis voluptatibus, id. Red. in Sen. 6, 14.

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