μέτωπον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, also μέτωπ-ος, ὴ, <span class="title">Gloss.</span> (s.v.l.): (μετά, ὤψ):—prop. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the space between the eyes]] (<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>491b12</span>), [[brow]], [[forehead]], ὁ δὲ προσιόντα [ἤλασεν] μέτωπον ῥινὸς ὑπὲρ πυμάτης <span class="bibl">Il.13</span>. <span class="bibl">615</span>, etc.; στίγματα ἔχων ἐν τῷ μ. <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.48 (Epid., iv B.C.); χαλάσας τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>655</span>; mostly of men, but of a horse in <span class="bibl">Il.23.454</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>727</span>; of a boar, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.8</span>; of a dog, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.1</span>: in pl., of a single person, <span class="bibl">Od.6.107</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1568</span>, etc.; τὰ μέτωπ' ἀνέσπασεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>631</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">γαίας μ</b>., of Etna, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[front]], [[face]] of anything, as a wall or building, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.178</span>, <span class="bibl">2.124</span>; <b class="b3">τεῖχος ὡς ἐπὶ δέκα σταδίους… μ. ἕκαστον</b> measuring <span class="bibl">10</span> stades on each [[face]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.15</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.463.66, 7.4255.19, <span class="title">BCH</span>20.324.65 (Lebad.); <b class="b3">τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρων</b> vertical [[faces]] of the steps, <span class="title">IG</span>22.244.80; [[wall]] extending inwards between two doors, ib.1657.3, 1668.23,59 (dub. sens. in 12.372.30); [[front]] or [[front-line]] of an army, fleet, etc., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 720</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς μ. στῆναι</b> to stand in [[line]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μετώπου διιέναι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κέρως</b> or [[κέρας]] (in column), ib.<span class="bibl">2.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν μετώπῳ καθιστάναι, παρατάξασθαι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">2.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>2.1.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[margin]] of a book, Gal.15.624, 17(1).80, Marin.<span class="title">Procl.</span>25. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[χαλβάνη]], or [[the reed]] or [[wood which yields it]], Dsc.1.59,3.83. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[νέτωπον]] (q.v.).</span>