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fores
fores
Catalan
Verb
fores
- second-person singular preterite indicative form of ser
- second-person singular conditional form of ser
French
Verb
fores
- second-person singular present indicative of forer
- second-person singular present subjunctive of forer
Galician
Etymology 1
Inflected form of ir (“to go”).
Verb
fores
- second-person singular future subjunctive of ir
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ser (“to be”).
Verb
fores
- second-person singular future subjunctive of ser
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.reːs/, [ˈfɔ.reːs]
Etymology 1
A conjugated form of sum.
Verb
forēs
- early second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of sum
Etymology 2
Declined forms of foris.
Noun
forēs f
Etymology 3
A conjugated form of forō.
Verb
forēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of forō
References
- fores in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FORES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fores”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
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(ambiguous) to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
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(ambiguous) to bolt the door: fores obserare
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(ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
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(ambiguous) to knock at the door: ostium, fores pulsare
- fores in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fores in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin