frons

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For the word comes from the Latin frons, "the forehead."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

Nunquam certe, nunquam ilia precabor, Splendeat ut rutilo frons invidiosa galero, Tergeminaque gravis surgat mihi mitra corona.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Compare Lucan's use of frons, nec frons erit ulla senatus, where it seems to mean boldness.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

II Pascuntur armenta commodissime in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Hence, also, when we meet with the expression, gemina frons, we must understand that the volume had a ticket at each end.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)