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căprōnae

căprōnae · f

the hair of men and animals hanging down upon the forehead

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What it meant

1. căprōnae — Lewis & Short

căprōnae (in MSS. also -nĕae), ārum, f.caput-pronus,

I the hair of men and animals hanging down upon the forehead, forelocks (cf. antiae) (ante- and post-class., and rare): capronae dicuntur comae, quae ante frontem sunt quasi a capite pronae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 22, 3 sq.; App. Flor. 3, p. 342; Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.

2. caprönae — Walde–Hofmann

caprönae (-eae Apul, vgl aníise) -ärum f. „das vorhängende Stirnhaar der Pferde und Menschen* (Lucil, wohl aus der Reitersprache entnommen [vgl. gr. mpoxónia], danach. Apul.): unsicherer erkunft. Nach Charpentier KZ. 46, 35 aus *kop-r-ön- zu ai. Hpram n. ,Schnurrbart*, $ipra f. ,Kopfhaar* wel: capillus); doch ist hierbei die Ableitung unklar (kaum mit ved. siprips zusammenhängend, Charpentier a. O.; s. auch Muller … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. caprönae, p. 194]

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