προμετωπίδιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[before]] or <b class="b2">on the forehead</b>, τρίχες <span class="bibl">Ph.2.479</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.26</span>; π. τοῖχος <b class="b2">in front</b>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>15.11.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Subst. <b class="b3">προμετωπίδιον, τό,</b> <b class="b2">skin of the forehead</b>, προμετωπίδια ἵππων ἐκδεδαρμένα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.70</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">frontpiece, frontlet</b>, esp. for horses, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.1</span> (but <b class="b2">chest-piece</b>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>4.1</span>, <span class="bibl">34.8</span>); also <b class="b3">στέφανος χρυσοῦς… ἔχων π</b>. prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>22.1652.7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[skull]] of an ox, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>21.7</span>; <b class="b3">π. βοῶν</b> <span class="title">Chron.Lind.</span>C.<span class="bibl">110</span> (pl.).</span>