jānĭtrix

īcis, f.

janitor

I. a female door-keeper, a portress.
I. Lit.: anus hic solet cubitare custos, janitrix, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 76.—
II. Transf.: laurus janitrix Caesarum, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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