fŏrus | fŏrum, i | fŏri, ōrum (noun M.n.m) : m. (also , , n., and , , m.) [kindred with forum, foras, foris, from fero; what leads out of doors; hence]
* A gangway in a ship.
* Lit.: multa foro ponit et agea longa repletur, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 2: illum nautis forum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 206, 17: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17: (Charon), laxat foros,Verg. A. 6, 412.—Neutr. form: fora, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 55 P.
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* A row of seats in the Circus: loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent: fori appellati,Liv. 1, 35, 8: foros in Circo faciendos,id. 1, 56, 2; 45, 1, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. forum, p. 84 Müll. (v. the passage under forum init.— *
* A passage, alley or walk around a bed in a garden: angustosque foros adverso limite ducens,Col. 10, 92.—*
* A cell of bees: complebuntque foros et floribus horrea texent,Verg. G. 4, 250.—*
* A gaming-board, dice-board: forum aleatorium calfecimus, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.

fŏrus, i, for forum, v. 1. forum
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