frons

frondibus laeti colles
hills rich with vegetation a fronte atque ab utroque latere
from the front and from both sides

frōns, frondis, f.: a leaf, 3.449; leafage, foliage; leafy spray, branch, twig, bough, 2.249; a leafy crown, a garland, wreath, 4.148.

frōns, frontis, f.: the forehead, brow, 636; face, 11.238; 10.211; horns, 3.9, 627; front, 1.166; prow, 5.158.

frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.

• I Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
• • • • • α 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.—
        • β Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.): deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur, Cic. Cael. 18, 42: viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi, Verg. G. 2, 446: frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem, Quint. 2, 4, 11: bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
• II 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.

frons, frontis, f. (masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 (201) 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. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).

• I 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. 839; cf.: primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3 (281): 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. —
• • • 2 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. Fr. 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.—
    • 3 Prov.: frons occipitio prior est, i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
  • B Transf
  • • 1 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. —
    • 2 The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    • 3 The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.—
    • 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.—
• II Trop.
• • A 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.—
  • B The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
  • • 1 Poet. in partic., shame: exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus, Pers. 5, 104 (for which: clament periisse pudorem, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    • 2 Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf. os), Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

1. frōns, frondis, f., das Laub, der belaubte Zweig, das Laubwerk, I) eig.: quernea, Cato: nigra, Hor.: nudi sine fronde, sine arbore campi, Ov. – Plur., via interclusa frondibus et virgultis, Cic.: frondibus laeti colles, Curt. – II) meton., ein Kranz aus belaubten Zweigen, ein Laubkranz, eine Laubkrone, Hor. u. Ov. – ➳ Archaist. Nbf. a) frondis, Ser. Samm. 189 u. 572. – b) frōs, Varro fr. u. Varro r. r. 1, 24, 3 bei Charis. 130, 34. Gloss. V, 641, 66. – c) frūs, frundis, f., Enn. ann. 577: Plur. frundes, Enn. ann. 261. Vgl. Charis. 130, 29. Prisc. 1, 35.

2. frōns, frontis, f., die Stirn, I) eig.: a) übh. (Ggstz. occipitium), oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, Cic.: bovis, Caes.: taurina, Ov. (u. so taurus torvā fronte, Plin.): adversā fronte (vorn an der Stirn), Ov.: aber adversis frontibus (Stirn gegen Stirn) concurrere, Lucr., pugnare secum, Hor. – alcis attractior frons, Sen.: frontem contrahere, runzeln, Cic.: so auch frontem adducere, astringere, Sen., corrugare, Amm.: hingegen frontem exporgere (= exporrigere), Komik., od. explicare (entfalten), Hor., od. remittere, Plin. ep., aufheitern: frontem ferire od. percutere, sich vor die Stirn schlagen, als Zeichen des Unwillens, Cic.: so auch frontem caedere, Quint. – Sprichw., frons occipitio prior, die St. geht vor das H., d.i. die Gegenwart des Herrn nützt mehr als die des Verwalters, unser »selbst ist der Mann«, Cato r. r. 4. – b) die Stirn als Ausdruck der Gemütsstimmung und des Charakters, s. Flach Mart. 1, 24, 4: fr. laeta, Verg.: sollicita, Hor.: tristis, Tibull.: verissimā fronte alqd dicere, mit der aufrichtigsten Miene, Cic.: haec ipsa fero fronte et vultu, ut puto, bellissime (d.i. mit heiterer Stirn u. Miene), sed angor intimis sensibus, Cic.: fronte occultare sententiam, Cic.: tabella, quae frontes aperit (d.i. mit heiterer Stirn stimmen läßt), mentes tegit, Cic.: fr. pristina, alte Ernsthaftigkeit, Cic.: proterva, freche Stirn, Frechheit, Hor. u. Augustin.: impudens, Augustin.: fr. durior, schamlose, Iuven.: salvā fronte (ohne Scham), Iuven.: homo frontis integrae, sittsam, ICt.: perisse frontem de rebus, die Zucht, Pers. – II) übtr., die Stirn als der hervorragendste, vortretende Teil eines Gegenstandes, A) die Außenseite, der äußere Umfang, Rand, 1) im allg.: a) eig.: fr. anuli, Lucr.: tabernae, Catull.: tympani, Vitr.: collem turritā cingere fronte, mit einem mit Türmen besetzten Außenwall, Sil. – b) bildl., die Außenseite, das Äußere, das äußere Ansehen, der Anschein, fronte politus, Pers.: intra nihil habentia fronti suae simile, Sen.: minime blanda frons, das sehr wenig angenehme Äußere, Val. Max.: ubi frons causae non satis honesta est, Quint.: bes. oft prima frons, der erste Anschein, decipit frons prima multos, Phaedr.: dura primā fronte quaestio, Quint.: ex prima statim fronte diiudicare, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) der Rand einer Bücherrolle, frontes geminae, die beiden äußern Flächen od. Basen einer Bücherrolle (gew. beschnitten, mit Bimsstein poliert u. gefärbt), Tibull. 3, 1, 13. Ov. trist. 1, 1, 11: fr. pumicata, Mart. 1, 66, 10: fr. nigra, Ov. trist. 1, 1, 8: voluminum frontes titulique, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 9, 6. – b) als t. t. der Baukunst, frontes, die zwei Mauern, die die Fülle enthalten, die Futtermauern, Vitr. 2, 8. § 4 u. §7. – B) die vordere Seite, Vorderseite, Fassade, 1) im allg.: lecti, Val. Max.: saeptorum, Frontin. aqu.: vehiculi, Amm.: fr. adversa (montis), Verg.: prima fr. libelli, die erste Seite, Ov.: atque haec in celebri carmina fronte (des Grabmals) notet, Tibull.: hos a fronte (vorn an der Straße) suos ponere penates, Ov. – 2) insbes.: a) als t. t. der Baukunst, die Vorderseite, Stirnseite, Fassade eines Gebäudes, aedis (des Tempels), Vitr. 3, 2, 2: aedium (der Tempel), Vell. 1, 11, 3. – b) als geogr. t. t., die einer Gegend zugekehrte Vorderseite, Front einer Örtlichkeit, haec est quasi Germaniae frons, Tac.: Italiae, Plin.: litorum, Mela u. Plin.: fr. Caucasi solibus opposita, Plin.: Arabia angustā fronte sequentia litora attingit, Mela: scopulus frontem in apertum porrigit aequor, Ov.: cum Germaniam ad laevam et in fronte, Pannoniam ad dextram, a tergo sedium suarum haberet Noricos, Vell. – c) als milit. t. t.: α) übh. die Vorderseite, Front (Ggstz. latus, tergum), frons (munimentorum) in Etruriam spectans, Liv.: frons (castrorum) naturā tuta erat, Liv.: unā fronte contra hostem munire castra, Caes. – et a fronte et a tergo circumire hostem, Caes.: a fronte instare (Ggstz. ab latere urgere), Liv.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur (wird man ihn fassen), si in Galliam venerit, Cic.: silvas evasisse, transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (für eine Bewegung nach vorn, für die Offensive), Tac. Agr. 33. – β) die vordere Linie, Front des in Schlachtordnung aufgestellten Hauptheeres od. seiner Flügel, fr. recta, Ggstz. laevum od. dextrum cornu, Liv.: frons laevi cornus, Curt.: dextra frons, Tac.: prima frons, das Vordertreffen, Liv.: aequā od. aequatā fronte, Liv.: frontem primam tenere, im Vordertreffen stehen, Sen.: frontem aequare, Liv.: frontem dirigere, Quint.: in frontem dirigere (intr.) od. dirigi, eine Frontaufstellung nehmen, Liv. – C) die vordere, breite Seite, die Breite, in fronte, in der Breite (Ggstz. in agrum, in die Tiefe), Hor. sat. 1, 8, 12. Petron. 71, 6: u. so in frontem (Ggstz. in terga, in latera), Plin. 17, 202. – ➳ frons als masc. im archaist. Latein (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 202. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 982 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 289) u. bei Vitr. 10, 11, 7 (wo frons transversarius, Querseite).

1 frons [CL] , leafy branch; b (fig.). c (transf.) greenery. in saltu nascor ramosa fronde virescens Aldh. Aen. 45 (Fusum) 1; c802 populea ~de coronatus et pelle leonis vestitus Alcuin Ep. 308 p. 472; benedicat palmas et flores et ~des ante majus altare Lanfr. Const. 101; siquis ‥ arborem ‥ prostraverit et inde ramum vel ~dem portaverit DB I 1; salicis ‥ tam foliis quam ~dibus natura manente Gir. TH II 28; sicut in arbore / frons tremula P. Blois Carm. 14. 29. 22; ~des hedere ejus [sc. Bacchi] sacris interesse meruerunt Alb. Lond. DG 12. 4; 1386 R. ‥ succidit quandam ~dem de quadam querculo SelCCoron 99; frons, frondis, ramus, frons, frontis, pars capitalis WW.  b Nicolaitae quorum secta ‥ quam venenatis hereticae pravitatis ~dibus succreverit Aldh. Met. 2 p. 71; practica dat ramum qui dicitur ethica, cujus / corpus divisum triplice fronde viret Garl. Tri. Eccl. 100.  c [collem] hunc spinae spissa cum fronde coronant Æthelwulf Abb. 134.

2 frons [CL] 1 forehead (of person); b (of animals, esp. as place where horns grow); c (fig.). unum oculum sub asperrima ~te clipei latitudinis habuerunt et Cyclopes dicebantur Lib. Monstr. I 11; signum sanctae crucis ejus in ~e portare consuevit (Ceolfrith) Bede HE V 21 p. 343; agnus qui suae mortis signum ~tibus nostris ad discutienda tela mortiferi hostis imposuit Id. Hom. II 7. 138; sanctorum frontem praecingens floribus orno Bonif. Aen. (Virginitas) 166; fingere serta volens puerorum congrua fronti Alcuin Carm. 76. 7; et ille / fronte crucem pingendo sacram respondit amico Wulf. Swith. I 762; deficientem capillum a cervice revocare ad ~tem P. Blois Ep. 59. 176B; Polyphemus ‥ oculum unum in ~te ‥ habuisse dicitur Alb. Lond. DG 11. 9; 1220 (v. excerebrare 1a); 1305 G.‥ moritur in domo sua propria habens quandam plagam in ~te cum uno balstaf SelCCoron 73; pellis ‥ intumescens, mirabile visu, caput quodam modo coronabat et ad latitudinem parapsidis vel capelli, ita totum ~tetenus circumdedit ut ‥ Mir. Hen. VI III 90.  b Marcus divini, Petro narrante, repletus / faminis effremuit, vox ut deserta ferarum, / quo pingi torva decuit sub fronte leonis Alcuin Carm. 71. 1. 8; aries ‥ in sola ~te, taurus vero et in capite et in pectore ‥ fortitudinem sortitus est Alb. Lond. DG 8. 12.  c frons noctis Walt. Wimb. Carm. 549 (v. erubescentia). 2 countenance (as expressing feeling). fronte faceto D. Bec. 2386 (v. dinarium). 3 the brow as expressive of boldness or effrontery. b (~s attrita) face wiped clear (of blushes), bold or shameless face (cf. Juvenal Sat. 13. 242, Ezech. iii 7). qua ~te inter pastores ovium Christi se annumerare praesumit? Bede Hom. II 22. 217; qua ~te reprehendere poteris eum quem totiens laudare solebas? Alcuin Ep. 58; qua ~te nunc petat quod constanter appetens negligenter omisit? Gosc. Transl. Mild. 26; qua ~te reatum meum aperiam? Alex. Cant. Dicta 1 p. 115; 1166 qua conscientia, qua impudentia, qua ~te ausi fuistis asserere ‥ ? J. Sal. Ep. 252 (174); me ~te pervicaci tamquam gerroneam [gl.: inutilem] naucipendentes Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 3; Gir. JS 7 (v. dissimulare 3a).  b Aldh. VirgP 32 (v. atterere 2a); ego certe Dei pro me incarnati et mortui consilium fidelius et salubrius credo, et ilium ~tis attrite esse non ambigam qui suum duxerit preferendum J. Sal. Ep. 192 (202 p. 296); attrite ~tis est in petendo, ingratus cum acceperit, si non acceperit inhumanus P. Blois Ep. 18. 66B. 4 outward appearance. b (prima ~te) at first sight. habitu tantum et ~te populo conveniens, intus habuit omnia dissimilia Canon. G. Sempr. 39v; in secessu magis quam in ~te beacior, id est invisibiliter pocius quam visibiliter J. Waleys Brev. Virt. III 1 f. 211 (cf. W. Burley Vit. Phil. 84: id est in occulto magis quam in aperto).  b inter illam igitur et illum, ceu inter ovem et lupum prima ~te fortissimum, pro tercio duellum T. Mon. Will. I 4 p. 18; cum ‥ generosissimas puellas, ‥ nullo modo nuptiis acquiescens, omnes amore castitatis prima ~te repudiaret Croyl. 36. 5 foremost part, front (as dist. from back or sides). b foremost part, beginning (as dist. from middle or end); c (w. ref. to time or order of events). construxit monasterium principale extra urbis muros a ~te orientali Gosc. Transl. Aug. 43A; crux ‥ est in ~te navis ecclesiasticae sublimata Id. Transl. Mild. 34; sedeant non ~te opposita Inst. Sempr. xlix* (v. collateralis 2a); in ~te altaris Lyndw. 252 i (v. frontale 2); ante se a ~te G. Hen. V 11 (v. declivis 2b).  b c700 (11c) prima ~te hujus paginule Gosc. Milb. 201; in fronte [gl.: in principio] paginae Felix Guthl. prol. p. 60; a1089 ut tam saepe epistolae nostrae ‥ in ~te pictum praeferant ‘domino et patri’ Anselm (Ep. 57) III 171; in prima namque disputandi ~te Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 61; in ~te libri J. Kelso 628a; in corpore evangeliorum ordinalis numerus, a primo et deinceps, singularum sententiarum ~tibus ascribitur ut liqueat quota illa sententia sit in textu hujus vel illius evangeliste Senatus Ep. Conc. xlix; sicut et in ~te pagine vale dicebam (Lit.) M. Rievaulx 62; 1298 (v. delineare).  c s1191 (v. dromo b). 6 foremost part, vanguard (of group). b (in ~te & gen.) in front of, at the head of. c (in prima ~te, mil.) in the front line (of battle). leonem, quem regem ease bestiarum ‥ poetae ‥ fingunt, in ~tem beluarum horribilium ponimus Lib. Monstr. II 1; ~s hujus laetitiae et signifera, tota ornamentis suis induitur Augustini ducis ecclesia Gosc. Transl. Mild. 16.  b caracteres ‥ qui in ~te divisorum et dividendorum jacent ‥; locum enim ubi divisio sumit exordium dicimus frontem Thurkill Abac. f. 59; in prima ~te hujus beate processionis abbas W.‥ locum et officium abbatis tenuit J. Furness Walth. 69.  c in prima ~te Guillelmus C. et lxxx equites super Normannos irruerunt Ord. Vit. XII 18 p. 359; in prima ~te regalis exercitus Flandrite et Britones erant Ib. XIII 43 p. 127. 7 the front of large building, façade. frontibus hae nitidis cingentes undique templum / marmore praemiram monstrant spectantibus aulam Æthelwulf Abb. 719; 1244 porticum illam que tanto palacio conveniat fieri faciat ‥ ita quod rex in ea descendere possit de palefrido suo ad honestam ~tem Cl 273; murum ~tis ecclesie nostre in terram diruit G. S. Alb. I 218; s1244 ~tem ecclesie a fundamento usque ad volsuram construxit M. Par. Maj. VI 90; 1285 ij fenestrarum in ~te occidentali Fabr. Exon. 5; Swafham 99 (v. ecclesia 5a). 8 the part of a plot of land or a building which abuts on road or street, frontage; b (used for trading). 1194 (1340) quod unumquodque burgagium ‥ l pedes habeat de ~te et iij acras in campo (Ch.) EHR XV 311; dedi ‥ iiijxx et quinque burgagia cum pertinentibus, viz. ad unumquodque burgagium septem acras terre et ~tem Ib. XV 313; a1221 habet ‥ hec terra ‥ in ~te versus vicum sex ulnas reg[is] et unum quarterium fere AncD A 2036; 1275 R.‥ non cepit unam pernam porci de manibus E.‥ nisi pro transgressione sua eo quod occupavit ~tem domus [? add quam] idem conduxit de priore SelPlMan 144; 1349 lego ‥ totam ~tem predicti cayi orientalem cum edificiis superedificatis ‥ RR K's Lynn I 183; 1378 non claudebat ~tem suam per quod averia ipsius conculcavit et devastavit olera Margarete Widowe Hal. Durh. 146; 1416 unius messuagii cum tribus shoppis et solariis supra edificatis in ~te ejusdem messuagii ‥ in Walmegate Mem. York II 48; 1588 totum illum ~tem sive toftum vastum ‥ in Ormesbye ‥ aceciam omnes illos tres lez frontes ‥ in Marton in Cleveland Pat 1319 m. 32.  b 1251 sustinent tres ~tes in nundinis ad opus abbatis Cart. Rams. I 291; 1258 nullus mercator ‥ mercandiam faciat in villa S. Yvonis per quod status et commodum ferie ejusdem et ~tium domorum ad predictos abbatem et conventum pertinentium ‥ deteriorentur Ib. II 68; 1287 licet ‥ non fuerit concessum quod aliqui mercatores in ~tibus domini W. le Moygne tempore nundinarum residentes vendere debuerant pannos laneos Law Merch. I 24. 9 altar frontal. 1401 j dorsorium, j ~tem, j frontellum (v. capella 5); 1503 de frontallis et tuellis. item ~s cum tuella de velveto rubio plano. item alia ~s cum tuella de cerico albo ‥ item iiij tuella eisdem ~tibus Invent. Ch. Ch. 131; 1511 unum ~s de opere textrino blodii coloris Ib. 157.

1 frōns, (9) frondis, f. , ¶ 1 feuillage, feuilles, frondaison ; [sing.] Cato Agr. 37, 2 ; Varro R. 2, 5, 11 ; Lucr. 1, 118 ; Quint. 12, 6, 2 || [plur.] Cic. Cæl. 42 ; Virg. G. 2, 446 ; Quint. 2, 4, 11 ¶ 2 couronne de feuillage : Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110, etc. ; Ov. M. 1, 449, etc.

➳ arch. : fros Varro R. 1, 24, 3 ( Char. 130, 34 ) ; frus, frundis Enn. Ann. 577 ; frundes Enn. Ann. 261, cf. Char. 130, 29 ; Prisc. Gramm. 1, 35.

2 frōns, (8) frontis, f. , ¶ 1 front : frontem contrahere Cic. Clu. 72, rider le front, cf. Cic. Sest. 19 ; adducere, trahere Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 5 ; 6, 7, 1, plisser le front, se renfrogner ; remittere Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 5, 5 ; exporgere Ter. Ad. 839 ; explicare Hor. O. 3, 29, 16, dérider, éclaircir le front ; frontem ferire Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1, se frapper le front [en signe de mécontentement] ; frons non percussa Cic. Br. 278, point de tapes sur le front [signe dʼémotion de lʼorateur] || [prov.] frons occipitio prior Cato Agr. 4, le front passe avant lʼocciput [rien de tel que lʼœil du maître] ¶ 2 le front = air, traits, physionomie, mine : tranquilla et serena Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, un front (un air) calme et serein ; severissima fronte aliquid dicere Cic. Rab. Post. 35, dire qqch. avec lʼair le plus sévère ; hæc fero fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus Cic. Att. 5, 10, 3, je supporte cela fort joliment sur mon front et sur ma mine, mais je souffre au fond de moi-même ; fronte occultare sententiam Cic. Læl. 65, cacher ses pensées derrière son front ; tabella quæ frontes aperit, mentes tegit Cic. Planc. 16, bulletin de vote, qui laisse voir les fronts à découvert, mais qui voile les pensées, cf. in fronte ostentatio est, intus veritas occultatur Cic. Fin. 2, 78, tandis quʼil y a parade sur le front, à lʼintérieur se cachent les vrais sentiments ; utrum fronte an mente dubitatur Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7, est-ce en apparence ou sincèrement ? on ne sait || reliquiæ pristinæ frontis Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 2, les restes de lʼancienne gravité ; proterva fronte Hor. O. 2, 5, 16, avec un front éhonté (= effrontément) ; humana fronte, certe leni placidaque Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 2, avec (sur les traits) de la bonté, ou du moins avec une douceur avenante ; frons durior Juv. 8, 189, front plus éhonté ; frons durissima Sen. Ben. 4, 38, 2, front dépourvu de toute honte ; salva fronte Juv. 11, 205, sans vergogne || [poét.] aplomb, assurance : Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11 ; pudeur : Pers. 5, 104 ¶ 3 [fig.] a) partie antérieure, front, face, façade : castrorum Cæs. C. 3, 37, 1, front dʼun camp, cf. Cæs. C. 1, 80, 2 ; [front dʼun navire] Virg. En. 5, 158 ; [dʼune armée] Liv. 5, 38, 2, etc. || in frontem Cæs. G. 2, 8, 3 [in fronte α, in frontem β Cæs. G. 7, 23, 2 ], sur le devant, en face, cf. Plin. 17, 202 ; Tac. Agr. 35 ; a fronte Cic. Phil. 3, 32, de front, cf. Cæs. G. 2, 23, 4 ; C. 1, 25, 9 ; concurrere frontibus adversis Lucr. 6, 116, se heurter de front || in fronte Hor. S. 1, 8, 12 ; Liv. 25, 23, 11, en largeur || frontes geminæ, les deux faces extérieures du manuscrit roulé, la bordure, cf. Tib. 3, 1, 13 ; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 8 ; b) façade, côté extérieur, apparence, aspect : frons causæ Quint. 4, 1, 42, la physionomie, lʼaspect dʼune cause || prima fronte Quint. 7, 1, 56 ; ex prima statim fronte Quint. 12, 7, 8, dès le premier aspect, de prime abord.

➳ genre masc. : Pl. Mil. 202, cf. Gell. 15, 9, 4 ; Non. 204, 26.

frons , dis. f.
樹葉。葉枝。

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frons , tis. f.
額。正面。陣前。— Africae 隔東西洋山。Periit illi frons 喪廉恥。 Frontem explicare vel exporrigere 带喜容。 Frontem contrahere vel corrugare 帶愁臉。怒。Prima fronte 初見。Frontem perfricare 不顧臉。Ferire frontem 怒急。A fronte 從前面。

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frōns (1) ondis, f

• a leafy branch, green bough, foliage: saligna, O.: Nigra, H.: Nec saturantur fronde capellae, V.: via interclusa frondibus: Spargit tibi silva frondes, H.—A garland of leafy boughs, leafy chaplet: alqm victoria fronde coronet, H.: delubra deum festā velamus fronde, V.

frōns (2) frontis, f

• the forehead, brow, front: frontem contrahere, to knit: Exporge frontem, T.: explicare, H.: ut frontem ferias, smile: ferro inter tempora frontem Dividit, V.: tenuis, a low forehead, H.: (bovis) a mediā fronte, etc., Cs.: ovis, O.: frons turgida cornibus, H.—The brow, front, countenance, expression, face, look: ex voltu et fronte amorem perspicere: verissimā fronte dicere, truthful: reliquiae pristinae frontis: laeta, V.: urbana, H.: durior, shameless, Iu.: salvā fronte, without shame, Iu.: tabella quae frontīs aperit hominum, mentīs tegit.—The forepart, front, façade, van, face: castrorum, Cs.: ianuae, O.: tabernae, Ct.: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: cohortīs, S.: unā fronte castra muniunt, only in front, Cs.: recta, the centre (of an army), L.: prima, L.: dextra, Ta.: aequā fronte ad pugnam procedebat, L.: Mille pedes in fronte, breadth, H.: inpulsa frons prima, vanguard, L.: superasse tantum itineris pulchrum ac decorum in frontem, i. e. favorable for an advance, Ta.: Fronte sub adversā scopulis pendentibus antrum, V.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur, in front: a fronte atque ab utroque latere, Cs.: frontes geminae, i. e. the ends (of a rolled manuscript), Tb., O.: nigra, O.—Fig., the outside, exterior, external quality, appearance: Scauro studet, sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur: decipit Frons prima multos, Ph.