frons

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Hence the end of the roll, or volume, was called frons, a term of frequent recurrence in Ovid and Martial, and not always rightly understood.

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

The shadow then thrown across— "Sed frons læta parum"— is well given, with a variation, by— "But gloomy were his eyes."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

Sed frons l�ta parum et dejecto lumina vultu.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael

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

Tolle vultum, Magdalena, Redivivum obstupe: Vide frons quam sit amœna, Quinque plagas adspice; Fulgem sicut margarit�, Ornamenta rov� vit�: Alleluia resonet!

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle