prosopografía

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Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin prosōpographia (description of a person’s appearance; description of an individual’s life), from the Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, face, person) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-graphíā, writing, drawing). Cognate with English prosopography.

Noun

prosopografía f (plural prosopografías)

  1. prosopography
    • 1624, Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, Guzmán el Bravo:
      Y así pintó Luciano, retórico, aquella prosopografía de Hércules con el arco en la mano siniestra, la clava en la derecha y en la boca aquellas cuerdas con que llevaba aprisionados innumerables hombres, para dar a entender que no con las fuerzas ni las armas los había vencido, sino con la elocuencia
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