μέτωπον: Difference between revisions

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