This is what fortresses guarding passes are called in the native language of the Romans.
*kleisou=rai: ou(/tw kalou=ntai ta\ o)xurw/mata tw=n diaba/sewn th=| patri/w| tw=n *(rwmai/wn fwnh=|.
Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 7.14.8 (where the Suda's nominative plural is accusative plural); cf.
epsilon 950,
omicron 1066.
The word is partly Latin. Kriaras (
Dictionary of Mediaeval Greek Vernacular Writing), referring to Andriotis (
Etymological Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek): "From Latin
clausura, with folk etymology from
klei/w." Trapp puts it more epigrammatically:
klei/w + Lat.
clausura. [Note provided by Nick Nicholas]
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