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|Definition=ἡ, ([[προτέμνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[front part cut off]]: esp.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[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 ''IG''12.280.15; λέοντος Inscr.Deélos 442 ''B'' 108 (ii B.C.); ἐλάφου ''OGI''214.41 (Didyma, iii B.C.); λύκου D.S.1.18; [[λεόντων]], [[ταύρων]], [[δρακόντων]], ib.62; [[Κερβέρου]] ib.96; Γοργόνος Corn. ''ND''20; χηνίσκων Orib.49.4.28; of a dolphin as figurehead, ''AP''7.215 (Anyt.); <b class="b3">π. ἵππου</b>, name of the asterism Eculeus, Gem.3.8, Ptol.''Alm.''7.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cup]] in shape of animal's face, Philox.5, ''IG'' 11(2).287''B''34, 134 (Delos, iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bust]], ib.14.1518; <b class="b3">αἱ π. τοῦ Καίσαρος</b> the [[imagines]] or [[busts]] of the Emperor on the Roman standards, J.''AJ''18.3.1, cf. ''IG''22.1108.6, ''Ostr.''178 (ii A.D.), al.; π. τῆς ἀρχῆς Lyd.''Mag.''3.21.