Fronto

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See also: fronto and fronto-

Latin

Etymology

From frontō (“person with a large forehead”), from frons (“forehead”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming related nouns).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Frontō m sg (genitive Frontōnis); third declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Catia, Cornelia, Octavia, and others
    Marcus Cornelius Fronto
     
  2. (rare) a masculine praenomen
    Fronto Iuncius
     

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Frontō
genitive Frontōnis
dative Frontōnī
accusative Frontōnem
ablative Frontōne
vocative Frontō

Derived terms

References

  • “Fronto2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Fronto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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