| frontalia Aug 13th 2013, 23:59, by CodeCat | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | | | | | | ====Inflection==== | | ====Inflection==== | | − | {{la-decl-3rd-I-N-p|frontal|frontāl}} | + | {{la-decl-3rd-I-N|num=pl|frontāl}} | | | | | | | | ====Related terms==== | | ====Related terms==== |
Latest revision as of 23:59, 13 August 2013 Etymology[edit] From frons ("forehead") + -alia (suffix, items connected with the given area) frontālia n (genitive frontālium); third declension - (plural only) A frontlet: an ornament for the forehead, generally for horses
- p. 27 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, liber XXXVII, line 40
- Ingentes ipsi erant; addebant speciem frontalia et cristae et tergo impositae turres turribusque superstantes praeter rectorem quaterni armati.
- They themselves were enormous; the frontlet, plumes, and howdahs set upon their back and the armed troops, four each, standing upon the howdahs in addition to the rider were adding to the sight.
Inflection[edit] Third declension neuter i-stem. Related terms[edit] References[edit] frontalia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879  |