frons
Americannoun
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frontes
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of frons
1855–60; < New Latin, Latin frōns forehead, front
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Hence, also, when we meet with the expression, gemina frons, we must understand that the volume had a ticket at each end.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
For the word comes from the Latin frons, "the forehead."
From Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O'Neill
Redivivum aspice; Vide frons quam sit amœna, Quinque plagas inspice; Fulgent, sic ut margaritæ, 533 / 473 Ornamenta novæ vitæ.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Theron Brown
Compare Lucan's use of frons, nec frons erit ulla senatus, where it seems to mean boldness.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
Hence the end of the roll, or volume, was called frons, a term of frequent recurrence in Ovid and Martial, and not always rightly understood.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
He pretends not to care much for bindings, and quotes Seneca's rebuke of the Roman bibliomaniacs, Quos voluminum suorum frontes maxime placent titulique,—who chiefly care for the backs and lettering of their volumes.
From Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang
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