Fixed in attention to the sound.”
F. Lewis.
“Or, as Ixion fix’d, the wretch shall feel
The giddy motion of the whirling wheel.”
Pope.
J′ani was a place in Rome where there were three statues of Janus, and it was a meeting-place for usurers and creditors.
Ja′nitor. A title of Janus, from the gates before the doors of private houses being called Januæ.
Ja′nus. A king of Italy, said to have been the son of Cœlus, others say of Apollo; he sheltered Saturn when he was driven from heaven by Jupiter. Janus presided over highways, gates, and locks, and is usually represented with two faces. A brazen temple was erected to him in Rome, which was always open in time of war, and closed during peace.
“Old Janus, if you please,
Grave two-faced father.”