The corpus record

μετωπ-ηδόν

metopedon

with front foremost

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Where it lives

History 1 · 0.07/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μετωπ-ηδόν · metōp-ēdon — LSJ

with front foremost, forming a close front, in line

with front foremost; of ships, forming a close front, in line, Hdt. 7.100; opp. ἐπὶ κέρως (in column), Th. 2.90; μ. ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἔφοδον Plb. 11.22.10, cf. Ph. 2.354, Plu. Lys. 10.

In the wild

μετωπηδόν · metōpēdon Herodotus, Histories 7.100.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7635)
μετωπηδὸν · metōpēdon Thucydides, History 2.90.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1632)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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