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.