πρόσωπον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό: pl. [[πρόσωπα]], Ep. (Aeol.acc. to Sch.Il.7.212)<br><span class="bld">A</span> προσώπατα Od.18.192, ''AP''5.230 (Maced.), Opp.''C.''1.419, etc.; dat. προσώπασι Il.7.212: a masc. nom. [[πρόσωπος]] is cited from Pl.Com.250:—[[face]], [[countenance]] (cf. [[μέτωπον]]), Hom., always in plural, even of a single person, Il.7.212, 18.414, Od.19.361, al. (exc. Il.18.24), and so in Hes. ''Op.''594 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -πον), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''871.6(v.infr.), ''El.''1277(lyr.), ''OC''314, X.''An.'' 2.6.11(dub.), ''AP''9.322 (Leon.): sg. in ''h.Hom.''10.2,31.12, and usually in later writers; πρόσωπον κλιθὲν προσώπῳ Simon.37.12; εἰς πρόσωπον [[βλέπειν]] E. ''Hipp.''280; <b class="b3">ἐς πρόσωπον τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι</b> come before him, ib.720; πρόσωπον πρός τινα στρέφειν Id.''Ph.''457; οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπον μου [[LXX]] ''Ge.''43.3, cf. ''UPZ'' 70.5 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">κατὰ πρόσωπον</b> [[in front]], [[facing]], Th.1.106, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.43, etc.; <b class="b3">τὴν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς ἀντίας φάλαγγος τάξιν</b> ib.6.3.35; <b class="b3">κατὰ πρόσωπον Αἰγύπτου</b> [[facing]], [[fronting]] [[Egypt]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''25.18; opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ νώτου</b>, Plb. 1.28.9; <b class="b3">κατὰ πρόσωπον ἄγειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ κέρας ὑπεραίρειν</b>, Id.11.14.6, etc.; [[κατὰ πρόσωπον]] = [[in person]], ἡ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔντευξις Plu.''Caes.''17; <b class="b3">κατὰ πρόσωπον παραμυθήσασθαι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">διὰ τοῦ ψαφίσματος</b>, ''IG''42(1).86.22 (Epid.); so κατὰ πρόσωπα Eudox.''Ars''11.21; also <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ πρόσωπον</b> X.''Cyn.''10.9; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ προσώπου Ἰεριχώ</b> in [[front]] of [[Jericho]], [[LXX]] ''De.''34.1; ἔρρ' ἐκ προσώπου Herod. 8.59; [[ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς]] = [[from the face of the earth]], [[LXX]] ''Am.''9.8; <b class="b3">βλέπειν εἰς πρόσωπον τινός</b> regard his [[countenance]], Ev.Matt.22.16: usually of the face of man or God, as λειτουργῶν τῷ προσώπῳ Κυρίου [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''2.11; <b class="b3">οἱ ἄρτοι τοῦ προσώπου</b>, of [[showbread]], ib.21.6: of the ibis, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.76; of dogs, ἀπὸ τῶν προσώπων φαιδραί X.''Cyn.''4.2; of horses, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''631a5; of deer, ib.579a2; of fish, Anaxandr. 30,33.16; [[face]] of the moon, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''871.6 (pl.), Plu.2.920b: metaph., ἀργυρωθεῖσαι πρόσωπα . . ἀοιδαί Pi.''I.''2.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[front]], [[façade]], Id.''P.''6.14, cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''189 (lyr., pl.); <b class="b3">κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τῆς νεώς</b>, ''PPetr.''3p.2 (iii B.C.), Ach.Tat.3.1,2; τιθέναι τὰς φιάλας ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Asclep.Myrl. ap.Ath.11.501d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> one's [[look]], [[countenance]], A.''Ag.''639,794 (anap., pl.), ''Eu.''990 (anap., pl.), etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας πρόσωπον</b> [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''448: metaph., φαίνοισα π. Ἀλάθεια Pi.''N.''5.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Astrol., decan considered as the [[domain]] of a [[planet]], <b class="b3">ἐν ἰδίοις προσώποις</b> Vett.Val.62.21, Paul. Al.''C.''2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[προσωπεῖον]], [[mask]], D.19.287 (<b class="b3">προσωπεῖον</b> is v.l.), Arist. ''Po.''1449a36, b4, ''Pr.''958a17, Dsc.3.144 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), Poll.2.47; πρόσωπον ὑπάργυρον κατάχρυσον ''IG''12.276.6, cf. 42(1).102.58,68 (Epid., iv B.C.), ''Clara Rhodos'' 6/7.428; <b class="b3">ὀθόνινον πρόσωπον</b> prob. in Pl.Com.142; πρόσωπον περίθετον Aristomen.5; of the Roman [[imago|imagines]], Plb.6.53.5; [[bust]] or [[portrait]], Sammelb.5221, ''OGI''432.1 (Naksh-i-Rustam, iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[dramatic part]], [[character]], Phld.''Rh.''1.199S., Arr.''Epict.''1.29.45 and 57; <b class="b3">κωφὸν πρόσωπον</b> Cic.''Att.''13.19.3; [[character]] in a book, <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὄνομα καὶ πρόσωπον</b> Plb.8.11.5; <b class="b3">τὸ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως πρόσωπον</b> Id.12.27.10, cf. Phld.''Po.''5.32; also <b class="b3">ἀστοχεῖν τοῦ προσώπου</b>, of an [[author]], Callisth.44J.; ἐπὶ προσχήματι καὶ προσώπῳ δικαστῶν Ael.''Fr.''168.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[person]], Phld.''Rh.''1.52S. (pl.); ἀδίκως μὴ κρῖνε πρόσωπον Ps.-Phoc.10; <b class="b3">προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ</b> [[in person]], [[in bodily presence]], ''1 Ep.Thess.''2.17, cf. ''2 Ep.Cor.''5.12; [[ποιεῖν]] or <b class="b3">πληροῦν τὸ πρόσωπον τινός</b> to represent a [[person]], PRein.56.30 (iv A.D.), ''Sammelb.'' 6000ii 12 (vi A.D.); <b class="b3">λαμβάνειν πρόσωπον τινός</b> admit a [[person]] to one's presence, εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου [[LXX]] ''Ma.''1.8; hence, = [[προσωποληπτεῖν]], ''Ev.Luc.''20.21, ''Ep.Gal.''2.6; <b class="b3">μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν μου</b>, i.e. do not reject my prayer, [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''2.20; <b class="b3">θαυμάσαι πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς</b> ib.''Pr.''18.5; <b class="b3">ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας... ὅστις οὐ θαυμάζει πρόσωπον οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον</b> ib.''De.''10.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[legal personality]], Bion Borysth. ap. D.L.4.46.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Gramm., [[person]], D.T.638.4,A.D.''Pron.''3.12, etc.; <b class="b3">γυναικεῖα πρόσωπα</b> Alex.Trall.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">πρόσωπον πόλεως</b> a [[feature]] of the [[city]], of a person, Cic.''Fam.''15.17.2.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Zeno Stoic.1.23 (cf.Nicol.''Prog.''p.4 F.).