θύρα [ῠ],
Ionic dialect θύρη, ἡ, Ionic dialect genitive plural θυρέων [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 127, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]:— door, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.317, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in plural of double or folding doors, θ. δικλίδες [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.267; θ. φαειναί 6.19, +others; θυρῶν ζεῦγος καινῶν “IG” 12.313.123, compare 4.1488.25(Epid.)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ δεξιὰ θ. the right valve, [[[prev. work]22.1457.16] Refs]; θ. μονόθυρος [[[prev. work]1627.418] Refs]; θύραι λίθιναι (including the framework) [[[prev. work] 12.372.195] Refs]; θύραι αὔλειαι, see at {αὔλειο; ἡ θ. ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φέρονσα} [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.53, compare κηπαῖος 11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; rarely for πύλαι, gates, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 65 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the carceres in the Roman circus, barriers, [[ Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.59. —Phrases: προσθεῖναι τὰς θ., προστιθέναι τὴν θ., 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13; ἐπισπάσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.36; κλείειν 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 7, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314d; ἐφέλκεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν θ. βαλανοῦν, μοχλοῦν, bar the door, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 251, 369 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θύραν κόπτειν, πατάσσειν, κρούειν, knock, rap at the door, [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 132, “Ra.” 38, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀράττειν, ἐπαράξαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 977, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν θ. ἀνοιγνύναι open it, see at {ἀνοίγνυμ; ὦσαι} push it open, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μικρὸν ἐνδοῦναι open it a little, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.597d; δόμου ἐν πρώτῃσι θύρῃσι στῆναι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.255; ἷζε δ᾽ ἐπὶ.. οὐδοῦ ἔντοσθε θυράων 17.339; θυρῶν ἔνδον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 78; πρὸ θυρῶν [prev. work] 109 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπί or παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι at Priam's door, i.e. before his dwelling, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.788, 7.346: _metaphorically_, ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.23, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.34; τῆς πατρίδος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 29, “Arat.” 37; ἐπὶ θύραις τῆς Πίσης 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.15 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρας ὄντος being at the door, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.128f (but χειμῶνος ἐπὶ θύραις ὄντος 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 130.25). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]