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Latin
Etymology
From frons (“forehead”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frontōsus (feminine frontōsa, neuter frontōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of Janus) having multiple foreheads
- (figuratively) shameless, bold, foreward
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “frontosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frontosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- frontosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- frontosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016