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The regular word for door is the same in all the languages of the Aryan family from India to Ireland. It is dur in Sanscrit, thura in Greek, tür in German, door in English, dorus in old Irish, and foris in Latin.
I conjecture that it may have been customary to set up an image or symbol of Janus at the principal door of the house in order to place the entrance under the protection of the great god. A door thus guarded might be known as a janua foris, that is, a Januan door, and the phrase might in time be abridged into janua, the noun foris being understood but not expressed.
"adolescentiam agunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium præbent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris; pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur."
'Where does this phrase come from? he continued, pointing to a scrap of paper, used as a book-mark, on which Godwin had pencilled a note. The words were: 'Foris ut moris, intus ut libet. 'It's mentioned there, Peak replied, 'as the motto of those humanists who outwardly conformed to the common faith. 'I see. All very well when the Inquisition was flourishing, but sounds ignoble nowadays.
Then, "Satiata siccis oculis composito vultu redibat, tanquam orbitatem foris reliquisset." No one could have written that beautiful sentence but a man of tender heart and sympathies. Pliny's tastes were catholic. He writes with delight, but without pretending to be a connoisseur, of an antique statuette which he had purchased out of a legacy.
In the Latin edition of Caecilius, this conversation, so elegant in its simplicity, is converted into the following uncouth dialogue: -Sed tua morosane uxor quaeso est? Ua! rogas? Qui tandem? Taedet rientionis, quae mihi Ubi domum adveni ac sedi, extemplo savium Dat jejuna anima. Nil peccat de savio: Ut devomas volt, quod foris polaveris. III. XIII. Increase of Amusements
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