frons

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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)

Effingit senem stantem: ossa, musculi, nervi, venae, rugae etiam ut spirantis apparent: rari et cedentes capilli, lata frons, contracta facies, exile collum.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Aether et astra velint: frustra velit aether et astra: Ecce negat Pueri frons, oculique negant.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Nunquam certe, nunquam ilia precabor, Splendeat ut rutilo frons invidiosa galero, Tergeminaque gravis surgat mihi mitra corona.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Redivivum aspice; Vide frons quam sit amœna, Quinque plagas inspice; Fulgent, sic ut margaritæ, 533 / 473 Ornamenta novæ vitæ.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron