frons

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Sed frons l�ta parum et dejecto lumina vultu.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael

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)

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

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

Linschoten repeats the like, and one of his plates is entitled Habitus Abissinorum quibus loco Baptismatis frons inuritur.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry