frontalia
Latin
Etymology
From frons (“forehead”) + -alia (suffix, items connected with the given area)
Noun
frontālia n pl (genitive frontālium); third declension
- (plural only) A frontlet: an ornament for the forehead, generally for horses
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 37.40:
- Ingentes ipsi erant; addebant speciem frontalia et cristae et tergo impositae turres turribusque superstantes praeter rectorem quaterni armati.
- They themselves were enormous; the frontlet, plumes, and howdahs set upon their back and the armed troops, four each, standing upon the howdahs in addition to the rider were adding to the sight.
- Ingentes ipsi erant; addebant speciem frontalia et cristae et tergo impositae turres turribusque superstantes praeter rectorem quaterni armati.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | frontālia |
| Genitive | frontālium |
| Dative | frontālibus |
| Accusative | frontālia |
| Ablative | frontālibus |
| Vocative | frontālia |
Related terms
References
“frontalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frontalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.