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μέτωπον

metopon

the space between the eyes, forehead, brow

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Where it lives

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What it meant

1. μέτωπον · metōpon — Beekes

μέτωπον [η.] ‘the space between the eyes, forehead, brow’, metaph. ‘front, front of an army’ (Il.); also as a plant name = χαλβάνη (Dsc.). *COMP εὑρυ-μέτωπος ‘with a broad forehead’ (Hom.). eDER μετώπιος ‘on the forehead’ (A 95, P 739), also substantival = ‘forehead’ (see below), -tov [n.] ‘front’ (Priene IV*), ‘bandage on the forehead, etc.’ (Gal.), name of a salve prepared from the plant μ., etc. (Dsc., … — [Beekes, s.v. μέτωπον, p. 991]

2. μέτωπον · metōpon — Chantraine

1 μέτωπον : n., selon Arist. H. 4. 491 b «espace entre les deux yeux, front » dit d'hommes et d'animaux (11. 13,615, erc., ion.-att., etc.), façade d’une construction, de remparts, etc. (Hât., inscriptions, etc.), front d’une armée (Æsch., X., etc.) Composés : εὐρυ-μέτωπος (Hom., etc.), ἰσο- (X.), ἀντι- (X.), προμέτωπος «au front proéminent » (Érot.), et une quinzaine d'autres. Dérivés : μετώπιον «front » (Il. 11,95 … — [Chantraine, s.v. μέτωπον, p. 709]

3. μέτωπον · metōpon — Chantraine

8 μέτωπον : n. végétal de Libye produisant la gomme dite ammoniacum (Plin.), plante donnant le galbanum (Dsce.); cf. André, Lexique s.u. meiôpon ; d'où μετώπιον, onguent préparé avec le meïopon (Dsc.). — [Chantraine, s.v. μέτωπον, p. 709]

4. μέτωπον · metōpon — Frisk

μέτωπον n. ‘Stirn’, übertr. “Vorderseite, Front des Heeres’ (seit It.); auch Pflanzenname = χαλβάνη (Dsk.). Kompp., z.B. εὐρυ-μέτωπος “mit breiter Stirn” (Hom. u.a.). — Davon μετώπιος ‘an der Stirn’ (A 95, 17739; kann auch Subst. = ‘Stirn’ sein; vgl. unten), -ἰον n. “Vorderseite’ (Priene IV®), “Stirnverband usw. (Gal.), N. einer aus der Pflanze μ. bereiteten Salbe usw. (Dsk., Gal. u.a.); μετωποίδιος “zur Stirn … — [Frisk, s.v. μέτωπον, p. 1193]

5. μέτωπ-ον · metōp-on — LSJ

the space between the eyes, brow, forehead

the space between the eyes (Arist. HA 491b12), brow, forehead, ὁ δὲ προσιόντα [ἤλασεν] μέτωπον ῥινὸς ὑπὲρ πυμάτης Il. 13.615, etc.; στίγματα ἔχων ἐν τῷ μ. IG 42(1).121.48 (Epid., iv B.C.); χαλάσας τὸ μ. Ar. V. 655; mostly of men, but of a horse in Il. 23.454, cf. S. El. 727; of a boar, X. Cyr. 1.4.8; of a dog, Id. Cyn. 4.1: in pl., of a single person, Od. 6.107, E. Hel. 1568, etc.; τὰ μέτωπʼ ἀνέσπασεν Ar. Eq. 631.

2

metaph., γαίας μ., of Etna, Pi. P. 1.30.

II front, face, face, faces, wall, front, front-line, line

front, face of anything, as a wall or building, Hdt. 1.178, 2.124; τεῖχος ὡς ἐπὶ δέκα σταδίους . . μ. ἕκαστον measuring 10 stades on each face, Id. 9.15, cf. IG 2(2).463.66, 7.4255.19, BCH 20.324.65 (Lebad.); τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρων vertical faces of the steps, IG 2(2).244.80; wall extending inwards between two doors, ib. 1657.3, 1668.23,59 (dub. sens. in 12.372.30); front or front-line of an army, fleet, etc., A. Pers. 720, etc.; εἰς μ. στῆναι to stand in line, X. Cyr. 2.4.2; ἐπὶ μετώπου διιέναι,

2 margin

margin of a book, Gal. 15.624, 17(1).80, Marin. Procl. 25.

III the reed, wood which yields it

= χαλβάνη, or the reed or wood which yields it, Dsc. 1.59,3.83.

2

v.l. for νέτωπον (q.v.).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μέτωπον (scan p. 991; entry #4051).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μέτωπον (scan p. 709; entry #5248).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μέτωπον (scan pp. 1193-1194; entry #3856).

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