Fronto

See also: fronto and fronto-

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfron.toː/, [ˈfrɔn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfron.to/, [ˈfrɔn̪t̪o]

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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Frontō
Genitive	Frontōnis
Dative	Frontōnī
Accusative	Frontōnem
Ablative	Frontōne
Vocative	Frontō

Derived terms

• Frontōniānus

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.