προμετωπίδιος
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
English (LSJ)
ον,
A before or on the forehead, τρίχες Ph.2.479, cf. Ael.NA14.26; π. τοῖχος in front, J.AJ15.11.5. II Subst. προμετωπίδιον, τό, skin of the forehead, προμετωπίδια ἵππων ἐκδεδαρμένα Hdt.7.70. 2 frontpiece, frontlet, esp. for horses, X.An.1.8.7, Cyr.6.4.1 (but chest-piece, Arr.Tact.4.1, 34.8); also στέφανος χρυσοῦς . . ἔχων π. prob. in IG22.1652.7. 3 skull of an ox, Thphr. Char.21.7; π. βοῶν Chron.Lind.C.110 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 734] vor der Stirn; bes. τὸ προμ., Stirnbedeckung, Xen. Cyr. 6, 4, 1 An. 1, 8, 7 u. sonst; κέντρον, Ael. H. A. 14, 26.
