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μετώπιον

metopion · τό

forehead, façade, margin

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What it meant

μετώπ-ιον · metōp-ion — LSJ

forehead

= μέτωπον, forehead, Il. 11.95, 16.739.

2 façade

façade, ναοῦ SIG 282 ii 20 (Priene, iv B. C.).

3 margin

margin of a book, Gal. 17(1).634, Hdn. Epim. 2, 159.

4 bandage for the forehead

bandage for the forehead, Gal. 18(1).803.

II aromatic Egyptian ointment containing μέτωπον III, containing oil of bitter almonds

aromatic Egyptian ointment containing μέτωπον III, Dsc. 1.59; containing oil of bitter almonds, Apollon. ap. Ath. 15.688f, cf. Gal. 19.71, Paul.Aeg. 7.20.

2

= ἀμυγδάλινον ἔλαιον, Dsc. 1.33, Gloss.; cf. νετώπιον.

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