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Jānĭcŭlum, i, n. [Janus],

  1. I. one of the hills of Rome, on which Janus was said to have built a citadel, Verg. A. 8, 358; Ov. F. 1, 245; cf. Liv. 1, 33; Mart. 4, 64, 3; Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16; 2, 27, 74; id. Mil. 27, 74 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. Jānĭcŭlāris, e, adj., of Janiculum: mons, i. e. Janiculum, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784.

Jānĭgĕna, ae, f. [Janus-gigno], begotten by Janus, child of Janus, Ov. M. 14, 381.

jānĭtor (‡ jānĭtos, Varr. L. L. 7, § 27 Müll.), ōris, m. [janua],

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Poet., transf.
    1. A. Caeli janitor, i. e. Janus, Ov. F. 1, 139.
    2. B. (Ingens) janitor, of Cerberus, Verg. A. 6, 400; cf. Hor. C. 3, 11, 16.

‡ jānĭtrīces, corrupted from εἰνατέρες, the wives of two brothers, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6; Isid. 9, 7, 17.

jānĭtrix, īcis, f. [janitor], a female door-keeper, a portress.

  1. I. Lit.: anus hic solet cubitare custos, janitrix, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 76.
  2. II. Transf.: laurus janitrix Caesarum, i. e. planted in front of the house, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127.