προτομή
Ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν → Patientiam suadere facile, non pati → Es spricht sich leichter zu, als stark zu sein im Leid
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (προτέμνω)
A front part cut off: esp., 1 head and face of a decapitated animal (rarely of a decapitated man, LXX 2 Ma. 15.35, and of a boar with human head, Ps.-Plu.Fluv.21.4), γλαύκου Antiph.132.4; γρυπός IG12.280.15; λέοντος Inscr.Deélos 442 B 108 (ii B.C.); ἐλάφου OGI214.41 (Didyma, iii B.C.); λύκου D.S.1.18; λεόντων, ταύρων, δρακόντων, ib.62; Κερβέρου ib.96; Γοργόνος Corn. ND20; χηνίσκων Orib.49.4.28; of a dolphin as figurehead, AP7.215 (Anyt.); π. ἵππου, name of the asterism Eculeus, Gem.3.8, Ptol.Alm.7.5. 2 cup in shape of animal's face, Philox.5, IG 11(2).287B34, 134 (Delos, iii B.C.). 3 bust, ib.14.1518; αἱ π. τοῦ Καίσαρος the imagines or busts of the Emperor on the Roman standards, J.AJ18.3.1, cf. IG22.1108.6, Ostr.178 (ii A.D.), al.; π. τῆς ἀρχῆς Lyd.Mag.3.21.
