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frons (noun F) : (
* Masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ὀφρύς; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
* Lit.: frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138: tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125; for which, adducere,Sen. Ben. 1, 1: attrahere,id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5; for which: exporge frontem,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.: primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3: explicare,Hor. C. 3, 29, 16; solvere,Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.: nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,id. Brut. 80, 278: femur, pectus, frontem caedere,Quint. 2, 12, 10: frontem sudario tergere,id. 6, 3, 60; for which: siccare frontem sudario,id. 11, 3, 148: capillos a fronte retroagere,id. ib. 160: mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,Verg. A. 9, 750: quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,Amm. 31, 7, 14: insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals: est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1: tauri torva fronte,Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181: equi,Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30: ovis,id. F. 4, 102: cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,Hor. C. 3, 13, 4: (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034.
* The brow as a mirror of the feelings: non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and: homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,expression of countenance,id. ib. 12, 46: si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35: haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur; oratio vero saepissime,id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.: oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17: fronte occultare sententiam,id. Lael. 18, 65: tranquilla et serena,id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.: reliquiae pristinae frontis,id. Fam. 9, 10, 2: laeta,Verg. A. 6, 862: sollicita,Hor. C. 3, 29, 16: tristis,Tib. 2, 3, 33: gravis,Plin. Pan. 41, 3: humana, lenis, placida,Sen. Ben. 2, 13: inverecunda,Quint. 2, 4, 16: proterva,Hor. C. 2, 5, 16: urbana (i. e. impudens),id. Ep. 1, 9, 11: impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,id. ib. 26; cf.: impudentia frontis,Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7: fronte inverecunda nummos captare,Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.: si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,Cic. Planc. 6, 16.
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* Transf
* The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus): copias ante frontem castrorum struit,Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1: aedium,Vitr. 3, 2: parietum,id. 2, 8: januae,Ov. F. 1, 135: scena,Verg. G. 3, 24: (navium),id. A. 5, 158: pontis,Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4: collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43: octo cohortes in fronte constituit,Sall. C. 59, 2: quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,Tac. H. 2, 89: una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,only in front,Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.: aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,Liv. 36, 44, 1: nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,id. 5, 38, 2: recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.: directa fronte pugnandum est,Quint. 5, 13, 11: veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,Tac. Agr. 35: transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),for the front, the van,id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.: laeva,Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.: frons laevi cornu haec erat,Curt. 4, 13 fin.—Poet. transf., of clouds: ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,Lucr. 6, 117; of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere): a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.: totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,id. B. G. 2, 23, 4.
* The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.
* The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.
* In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth: mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.
* The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies; mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7: plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.: frons causae non satis honesta,id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.: decipit Frons prima multos,the first appearance,Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.: dura primā fronte quaestio,Quint. 7, 1, 56: ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,id. 12, 7, 8.
* The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
* Poet. in partic., shame: exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,Pers. 5, 104 (for which: clament periisse pudorem,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).
* Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf. os),Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.
* Masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ὀφρύς; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
* Lit.: frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138: tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125; for which, adducere,Sen. Ben. 1, 1: attrahere,id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5; for which: exporge frontem,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.: primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3: explicare,Hor. C. 3, 29, 16; solvere,Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.: nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,id. Brut. 80, 278: femur, pectus, frontem caedere,Quint. 2, 12, 10: frontem sudario tergere,id. 6, 3, 60; for which: siccare frontem sudario,id. 11, 3, 148: capillos a fronte retroagere,id. ib. 160: mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,Verg. A. 9, 750: quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,Amm. 31, 7, 14: insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals: est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1: tauri torva fronte,Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181: equi,Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30: ovis,id. F. 4, 102: cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,Hor. C. 3, 13, 4: (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034.
* The brow as a mirror of the feelings: non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and: homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,expression of countenance,id. ib. 12, 46: si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35: haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur; oratio vero saepissime,id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.: oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17: fronte occultare sententiam,id. Lael. 18, 65: tranquilla et serena,id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.: reliquiae pristinae frontis,id. Fam. 9, 10, 2: laeta,Verg. A. 6, 862: sollicita,Hor. C. 3, 29, 16: tristis,Tib. 2, 3, 33: gravis,Plin. Pan. 41, 3: humana, lenis, placida,Sen. Ben. 2, 13: inverecunda,Quint. 2, 4, 16: proterva,Hor. C. 2, 5, 16: urbana (i. e. impudens),id. Ep. 1, 9, 11: impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,id. ib. 26; cf.: impudentia frontis,Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7: fronte inverecunda nummos captare,Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.: si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,Cic. Planc. 6, 16.
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* The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus): copias ante frontem castrorum struit,Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1: aedium,Vitr. 3, 2: parietum,id. 2, 8: januae,Ov. F. 1, 135: scena,Verg. G. 3, 24: (navium),id. A. 5, 158: pontis,Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4: collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43: octo cohortes in fronte constituit,Sall. C. 59, 2: quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,Tac. H. 2, 89: una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,only in front,Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.: aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,Liv. 36, 44, 1: nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,id. 5, 38, 2: recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.: directa fronte pugnandum est,Quint. 5, 13, 11: veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,Tac. Agr. 35: transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),for the front, the van,id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.: laeva,Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.: frons laevi cornu haec erat,Curt. 4, 13 fin.—Poet. transf., of clouds: ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,Lucr. 6, 117; of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere): a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.: totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,id. B. G. 2, 23, 4.
* The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.
* The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.
* In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth: mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.
* The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies; mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7: plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.: frons causae non satis honesta,id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.: decipit Frons prima multos,the first appearance,Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.: dura primā fronte quaestio,Quint. 7, 1, 56: ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,id. 12, 7, 8.
* The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
* Poet. in partic., shame: exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,Pers. 5, 104 (for which: clament periisse pudorem,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).
* Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf. os),Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
frons | fruns | fros | frus (noun F) : (also anciently ; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. or , Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), , etym. dub.
* A leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
* Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
* Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.): ilignea, quernea,Cato, R. R. 37, 2: in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11: bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13: ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113: perenni frunde corona,Lucr. 1, 119: nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,Hor. C. 4, 4, 58: sine fronde,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75: immaturam destringere,Quint. 12, 6, 2.
* Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
* A leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
* Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
* Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.): ilignea, quernea,Cato, R. R. 37, 2: in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11: bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13: ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113: perenni frunde corona,Lucr. 1, 119: nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,Hor. C. 4, 4, 58: sine fronde,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75: immaturam destringere,Quint. 12, 6, 2.
* Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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