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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)
- 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- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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