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metoposcopus

metoposcopus · m

a forehead inspector, one who tells fortunes by examining the forehead, a metoposcopist

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What it meant

mĕtōposcŏpus — Lewis & Short

mĕtōposcŏpus or -os, i, m., = metwposko/pos,

I a forehead inspector, one who tells fortunes by examining the forehead, a metoposcopist (post-Aug.), Suet. Tit. 2; cf. Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.

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