Fronto

See also: fronto and fronto-

Latin

Etymology

From frontō (“a man with a broad forehead”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Frontō m sg (genitive Frontōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Cornelius Fronto, a Roman rhetorician

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.