janitos

jānĭtor (‡ jānĭtos, Varr. L. L. 7, § 27 Müll.), ōris, m. [janua], a door-keeper, porter, janitor:

heus ecquis hic est janitor? aperite,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 110:

carceris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

janitor (indignum!) durā religate catenā,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 1:

utque sedens vester primi prope limina tecti, janitor egressus videt,

id. F. 1, 138; Hor. S. 2, 7, 45; id. C. 3, 14, 23; Tib. 1, 1, 65; Col. 1 praef.—

II.

Poet., transf.

A.

Caeli janitor, i. e. Janus, Ov. F. 1, 139.—

B.

(Ingens) janitor, of Cerberus, Verg. A. 6, 400; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 16.