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μετώπιον

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Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Full diacritics: μετώπιον Medium diacritics: μετώπιον Low diacritics: μετώπιον Capitals: ΜΕΤΩΠΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: metṓpion Transliteration B: metōpion Transliteration C: metopion Beta Code: metw/pion

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A = μέτωπον, forehead, Il.11.95,16.739.    2 façade, ναοῦ SIG282 ii 20 (Priene, iv B. C.).    3 margin of a book, Gal.17(1).634, Hdn.Epim.2, 159.    4 bandage for the forehead, Gal. 18(1).803.    II aromatic Egyptian ointment containing μέτωπον III, Dsc.1.59; containing oil of bitter almonds, Apollon. ap. Ath.15.688f, cf. Gal.19.71, Paul.Aeg.7.20.    2 = ἀμυγδάλινον ἔλαιον, Dsc.1.33, Gloss.; cf. νετώπιον.

German (Pape)

[Seite 164] τό, 1) = μέτωπον, Stirn, Il. 11, 95. 16, 739. – 2) ein wohlriechendes ägyptisches Oel, Diosc. – 3) Stirnbinde, Galen.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μετώπιον: τό, = μέτωπον, Ἰλ. Λ. 95., Π. 739. 2) ἐπίδεσμος διὰ τὸ μέτωπον, Γαλην. 18. 803, κτλ. 3) περιθώριον σελίδος, «ὥρα καὶ ἐν τοῖς μετωπίοις τῶν καταβατῶν ἐπισημαινομένους τοὺς ἐπιμερισμοὺς» Ἡρῳδιαν. Ἐπιμ. σ. 2. II. ἀρωματικόν τι μύρον τῆς Αἰγύπτου, Διοσκ. 1. 71, πρβλ. 39, Ἀθήν. 688F· πρβλ. μέτωπον.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
1 front ; bandeau sur le front, ligature au front;
2 p. anal. marge d’une feuille, bord d’une page;
3 huile parfumée d’Égypte.
Étymologie: μέτωπον.