frons

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Hoc uno infelix, et felix cetera; nusquam Laetior aut caeli frons geniusve soli.'

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

I., a, frons; b, clypeus; c, labrum; d, epipharynx.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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)

Sed frons l�ta parum et dejecto lumina vultu.

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