frons

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Nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis: frons non percussa, non femur; pedis, quod minimum est, nulla supplosio.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

Hence the end of the roll, or volume, was called frons, a term of frequent recurrence in Ovid and Martial, and not always rightly understood.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The shadow then thrown across— "Sed frons læta parum"— is well given, with a variation, by— "But gloomy were his eyes."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

For the word comes from the Latin frons, "the forehead."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

This assembly, which overthrows kings and kingdoms, has not even the physiognomy and aspect of a grave legislative body,—nec color imperii, nec frons erat ulla senatûs.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund