θύριον [ῠ] (not
θυρίον,
Eust. 268.9 ),
τό, Dim. of
θύρα,
A). little door, wicket,
Ar. Nu. 92 ,
Th. 26 ,
IG 11(2).154 A 26 (Delos, iii B.C.),
Plu. Cleom. 8 ,
Alciphr. 3.30 : metaph.,
τὸ τοῦ λόγου θ. παραβαλοῦ close
the door of discourse,
Plu. 2.94o f, cf.
965b .
2). small sluice, PLond. 3.1177.243 (ii A.D.).