leaves behind

rĕ-linquo, līqui, lictum, 3, v. a.

(With the idea of the re predominating.) To leave behind (cf. desero, omitto).

In gen., to leave behind by removing one's self; to leave, move away from; to leave, abandon (a person or thing).

Lit.:

puerum apud matrem domi,

Plaut. Men. prol. 28:

ipse abiit foras, me reliquit pro atriensi in sedibus,

id. Poen. 5, 5, 4:

me filiis Relinquont quasi magistrum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 22:

dicerent non me plane de provinciā decessisse, quoniam alterum me reliquissem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

C. Fabium legatum cum legionibus II. castris praesidio relinquit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

cum me servum in servitute pro te hic reliqueris,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 18:

fratrem, sc. in provinciā,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

post tergum hostem relinquere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf. id. ib. 7, 11:

ille omnibus precibus petere contendit, ut in Galliā relinqueretur,

might be left behind, id. ib. 5, 6:

greges pecorum... sub opacā valle reliquit,

Ov. M. 11, 277 et saep.:

ea causa miles hic reliquit symbolum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 53:

hic exemplum reliquit ejus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 56:

(Hecuba) Hectoris in tumulo canum de vertice crinem... relinquit,

leaves behind, Ov. M. 13, 428:

(cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum,

left behind, remaining, id. ib. 1, 347.— To leave behind one's self by moving away:

longius delatus aestu, sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

jamque hos, jamque illos, populo mirante, relinquit,

Sil. 16, 503; cf. in pass., to remain or be left behind, Lucr. 5, 626.—

Trop.: hanc eram ipsam excusationem relicturus ad Caesarem, was about to leave behind me just this excuse (for my departure), Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1:

aculeos in animis,

id. Brut. 9, 38:

quod coeptum est dici, relinquitur in cogitatione audientium,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41:

aetate relictā,

Ov. M. 7, 170:

repetat relicta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 97.—

Of rank or merit: (Homerus) omnes sine dubio et in omni genere eloquentiae procul a se reliquit,

Quint. 10, 1, 51.—

In partic.

To leave behind one by death; to leave, bequeath, etc.

Lit.:

ea mortua est: reliquit filiam adulescentulam,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 41:

cum pauper cum duobus fratribus relictus essem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 2; cf.:

pauper jam a majoribus relictus,

Nep. Epam. 2, 1:

agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

heredem testamento reliquit hunc P. Quintium,

Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

cum ei testamento sestertiūm milies relinquatur,

id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

non, si qui argentum omne legavit, videri potest signatam quoque pecuniam reliquisse,

Quint. 5, 11, 33:

qui mihi reliquit haec quae habeo omnia,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 40:

cedo, quid reliquit Phania,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 and 13:

fundos decem et tres reliquit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

aliquantum aeris alieni,

id. Quint. 4, 15:

servus aut donatus aut testamento relictus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67:

alicui arva, greges, armenta,

Ov. M. 3, 585:

se testamento liberum relictum,

Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 16.—

Trop., to leave, leave behind one:

consiliorum ac virtutum nostrarum effigiem,

Cic. Arch. 12, 30:

qui sic sunt, haud multum heredem juvant, Sibi vero hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11:

rem publicam nobis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; cf.:

statum civitatis,

id. ib. 1, 21, 34; id. Par. 1, 2, 10:

opus alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: memoriam [p. 1558] aut brevem aut nullam, id. Off. 2, 16, 55:

monumentum audaciae suae aeternum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 129:

quae scripta nobis summi ex Graeciā sapientissimique homines reliquerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

scriptum in Originibus,

id. Brut. 19, 75:

scripta posteris,

Quint. 1, praef. 1:

in scriptis relictum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

orationes reliquit et annales,

id. Brut. 27, 106:

duo tantum volumina,

Suet. Gram. 7:

librum de suis rebus imperfectum,

id. ib. 12; cf.:

si non omnia vates Ficta reliquerunt,

Ov. M. 13, 734:

pater, o relictum Filiae nomen,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 34.—

To leave a thing behind; to leave remaining; to allow or permit to remain, to let remain, leave; pass., to be left, to remain.

Lit.:

nihil relinquo in aedibus, Nec vas, nec vestimentum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 88:

multis autem non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleae quidem ex omni fructu atque ex annuo labore relinquerentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114:

nihil de tanto patrimonio,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 10:

equitatus partem illi adtribuit, partem sibi reliquit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

angustioribus portis relictis,

id. ib. 7, 70;

41: unam (filiam) minimamque relinque,

leave to me, Ov. M. 6, 299:

jam pauca aratro jugera regiae Moles relinquent,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 2:

dapis meliora relinquens,

id. S. 2, 6, 89:

magis apta tibi tua dona relinquam,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 43:

haec porcis hodie comedenda relinquis,

id. ib. 1, 7, 19; cf.:

habitanda fana Apris reliquit,

id. Epod. 16, 20:

relinquebatur una per Sequanos via,

remained, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; cf.:

unā ex parte leniter acclivis aditus relinquebatur,

id. ib. 2, 29:

se cum paucis relictum videt,

Sall. C. 60, 7:

nec aliud dicionis Atheniensium praeter ipsam urbem reliquit,

Just. 5, 7, 3.—

Trop.:

quasi corpori reliqueris Tuo potestatem coloris ulli capiendi mala,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 37:

quam igitur relinquis populari rei publicae laudem?

Cic. Rep. 3, 35, 48:

ut vobis non modo dignitatis retinendae, sed ne libertatis quidem recuperandae spes relinquatur,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 17:

ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur non mihi cum Torquato, sed virtuti cum voluptate certatio,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; cf.:

ne qua spes in fugā relinqueretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51:

nullā provocatione ad populum contra necem et verbera relicta,

Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 62; Hor. S. 1, 10, 51:

quis igitur relictus est objurgandi locus?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 127; cf.:

nihil est preci loci relictum,

id. ib. 3, 4, 22; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 14;

and, in another sense: plane nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,

i. e. he leaves no occasion for them, renders them superfluous, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

ne cui iniquo relinqueremus vituperandi locum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

Aedui nullum sibi ad cognoscendum spatium relinquunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

spatium deliberandi,

Nep. Eun, 12, 3:

vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

Cic. Quint. 15, 49; Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 33; cf. Cic. Brut. 72, 253 (v. Bernhardy ad loc.):

vita relicta est tantum modo,

Ov. P. 4, 16, 49:

quod munitioni castrorum tempus relinqui volebat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

mihi consilium et virtutis vestrae regimen relinquite,

Tac. H. 1, 84:

suspicionem alicui relinquere,

Suet. Caes. 86:

aliquem veniae vel saevitiae alicujus,

Tac. H. 1, 68 fin.:

aliquem poenae,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20:

aliquem poenae,

Ov. M. 7, 41: leto, poenaeque, id. id. 14, 217; cf.:

urbem direptioni et incendiis,

to give up, surrender, abandon, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

neu relinquas hominem innocentem ad alicujus tui dissimilis quaestum,

do not leave, id. ib. 13, 64:

aliquid in alicujus spe,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 4, 16. — Poet., with obj.-clause:

(metus) Omnia suffundens mortis nigrore, neque ullam Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit,

Lucr. 3, 40; 1, 703; Ov. M. 14, 100:

dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 52; Sil. 3, 708: nihil relinquitur nisi fuga, there is nothing left, nothing remains, but, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6:

relinquitur illud, quod vociferari non destitit, non debuisse, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 34, 85; cf.:

mihi nihil relicti quicquam aliud jam esse intellego,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 81.— Impers. relinquitur, with ut (Zumpt, Gram. §

621): relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus,

it remains, that, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf.: relinquebatur, ut neque longius ab agmine legionum discedi Caesar pateretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19 fin. — In a logical conclusion: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence it follows that, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; id. Div. 2, 5, 14.—

With double predicate, to leave a thing behind in a certain state; to leave, let remain, suffer to be, etc.:

eum Plautus locum Reliquit integrum,

has left untouched, Ter. Ad. prol. 10:

praesertim cum integram rem et causam reliquerim,

have left unaltered, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.:

Scaptius me rogat, ut rem sic relinquam,

id. ib. 5, 21, 13, §

12: Morini, quos Caesar in Britanniam proficiscens pacatos reliquerat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37; cf.:

amici, quos incorruptos Jugurtha reliquerat,

Sall. J. 103, 2:

reliquit (eam) Incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis,

Verg. A. 12, 160:

(naves) in litore deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

erat aeger in praesidio relictus,

id. ib. 6, 38:

in mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 28:

quod insepultos reliquissent eos, quos, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 26; 2, 11, 21:

aliquid incohatum,

id. ib. 1, 35, 55; cf.:

inceptam oppugnationem,

to give up, abandon, quit, Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

incoepta fila,

Ov. M. 6, 34:

infecta sacra,

id. ib. 6, 202:

opus incoeptum,

id. A. A. 2, 78:

verba imperfecta,

id. H. 13, 13:

pro effectis relinquunt, vixdum incohata,

Quint. 5, 13, 34:

aliquid injudicatum,

id. 10, 1, 67:

aliquid neglectum,

id. 1, 1, 29:

incertum,

id. 2, 10, 14:

tantas copias sine imperio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 init.; cf.:

sine ture aras,

Ov. M. 8, 277:

verbum in ambiguo,

Lucr. 4, 1137:

mulierem nullam nominabo: tantum in medio relinquam,

Cic. Cael. 20, 48; cf.:

correptio in dubio relicta,

Quint. 7, 9, 13.

(With the idea of the verb predominant.) To leave behind one, to leave, go away from; to forsake, abandon, desert a person or thing.

In gen.

Lit.:

ubi illaec obsecrost quae me hic reliquit,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32: relinquamus nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; cf.:

non ego te hic lubens relinquo neque abeo abs te,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 33:

domum propinquosque reliquisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf. id. ib. 1, 30:

relictis locis superioribus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36:

loci relinquendi facultas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4 fin.:

Ilio relicto,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 14:

urbes,

id. ib. 2, 20, 5:

moenia,

id. Epod. 17, 13:

litus relictum Respicit,

Ov. M. 2, 873:

Roma relinquenda est,

id. Tr. 1, 3, 62:

colles clamore relinqui (sc.: a bubus),

were left behind, Verg. A. 8, 216 Wagn.:

limen,

id. ib. 5, 316:

mensas,

id. ib. 3, 213:

dominos,

Cat. 61, 51:

volucres Ova relinquebant,

Lucr. 5, 802 et saep.—

Trop.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 52 Vahl.); cf.:

quem vita reliquit,

Lucr. 5, 63: reliquit aliquem vita, for to die, Ov. M. 11, 327:

ubi vita tuos reliquerit artus,

id. Ib. 339;

for which, also, reversely: animam relinquam potius, quam illas deseram,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 52; so,

vitam,

Verg. G. 3, 547; cf. Tac. A. 4, 34:

lucem,

Verg. A. 4, 452:

lumen vitale,

Ov. M. 14, 175:

consitus sum senectute, vires Reliquere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6:

aliquem animus,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 37; Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

animus reliquit euntem,

Ov. M. 10, 459:

aliquem anima,

Nep. Eum. 4, 2:

ab omni honestate relictus,

abandoned, destitute of, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:

ab alterā (quartanā) relictum esse,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.—

In partic., pregn., to leave in the lurch; to forsake, abandon, desert, etc. (v. desero, destituo, prodo).

Lit.:

qui... Reliquit deseruitque me,

has forsaken me, has given me the slip, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 45; cf.:

reliquit me homo atque abiit,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 5:

succurrere relictae,

Verg. A. 9, 290.—

Of the forsaking of a lover by his mistress,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 64; Tib. 3, 6, 40; Prop. 1, 6, 8; Ov. H. 10, 80; id. M. 8, 108:

paucos, qui ex fugā evaserant, reliquerunt,

i. e. let them escape, Caes. B. G. 3, 19. — Of things, to leave, give up, abandon, etc.:

argentum si relinquo ac non peto, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 31:

auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra,

Liv. 5, 6; cf.:

relictā non bene parmulā,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 10.—

Trop., to leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish:

rem et causam et utilitatem communem non relinquere solum, sed etiam prodere,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 50 (for which:

derelinquo jam communem causam,

id. ib. 35, 103):

jus suum dissolute,

id. ib. 36, 103:

affectum, cum ad summum perduxerimus,

Quint. 6, 1, 29:

(puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100: eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, to leave or lay aside every thing else, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 8; cf.:

omnibus relictis rebus,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 6; so,

relictis rebus (omnibus),

id. Ep. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 1, 25; Ter. And. 2, 5, 1; id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Heaut. 4, 7, 12; Lucr. 3, 1071; Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51; Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf.

also: res omnes relictas habeo prae quod tu velis,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 38:

omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 14:

et agrorum et armorum cultum,

to give up, abandon, neglect, id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

si tu ea relinquis et deseris,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80:

studium exquirendi,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 7:

agrum alternis annis,

to suffer to lie fallow, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3:

loca relicta,

uncultivated, wild lands, Front. Limit. p. 42 Goes.; so,

relictae possessiones,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3:

milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

abandoned, relinquished, id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. possessionem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

obsidionem,

to raise the siege, Liv. 5, 48:

caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

leave unmentioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

consulto relinquere (locum), opp. praetermittere,

id. Off. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est,

id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; and:

audistis haec, judices, quae nunc ego omnia praetereo et relinquo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106;

in this sense also,

id. Brut. 45, 165; cf. id. ib. 19, 76; Hor. A. P. 150:

cur injurias tuas conjunctas cum publicis reliquisti?

left unnoticed, uncensured, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84; cf.:

vim et causam efficiendi reliquerunt,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:

vos legatum omni supplicio interfectum relinquetis?

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

quis est, qui vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putet oportere,

id. Caecin. 3, 9.— Poet., with obj.clause:

quod si plane contueare, mirari multa relinquas,

leave off, cease, Lucr. 6, 654.

frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).

Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

ilignea, quernea,

Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

perenni frunde corona,

Lucr. 1, 119:

nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

sine fronde,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

immaturam destringere,

Quint. 12, 6, 2.—

Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

Verg. G. 2, 446:

frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

Quint. 2, 4, 11:

bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—

Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.

frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).

Lit.:

frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

for which, adducere,

Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

attrahere,

id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

for which: exporge frontem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

explicare,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

solvere,

Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

Quint. 2, 12, 10:

frontem sudario tergere,

id. 6, 3, 60;

for which: siccare frontem sudario,

id. 11, 3, 148:

capillos a fronte retroagere,

id. ib. 160:

mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

Verg. A. 9, 750:

quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

Amm. 31, 7, 14:

insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

tauri torva fronte,

Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

equi,

Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

ovis,

id. F. 4, 102:

cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

(vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —

The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

oratio vero saepissime,

id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

fronte occultare sententiam,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

tranquilla et serena,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

reliquiae pristinae frontis,

id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

laeta,

Verg. A. 6, 862:

sollicita,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

tristis,

Tib. 2, 3, 33:

gravis,

Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

humana, lenis, placida,

Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

inverecunda,

Quint. 2, 4, 16:

proterva,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

urbana (i. e. impudens),

id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

id. ib. 26; cf.:

impudentia frontis,

Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—

Prov.:

frons occipitio prior est,

i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—

Transf

The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

aedium,

Vitr. 3, 2:

parietum,

id. 2, 8:

januae,

Ov. F. 1, 135:

scena,

Verg. G. 3, 24:

(navium),

id. A. 5, 158:

pontis,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

Tac. H. 2, 89:

una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

Liv. 36, 44, 1:

nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

id. 5, 38, 2:

recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

directa fronte pugnandum est,

Quint. 5, 13, 11:

veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

Tac. Agr. 35:

transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

laeva,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

frons laevi cornu haec erat,

Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 117;

of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —

The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—

The circumference of a wheel, Vitr. 10, 4.—

In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—

Trop.

The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

frons causae non satis honesta,

id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

decipit Frons prima multos,

the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

dura primā fronte quaestio,

Quint. 7, 1, 56:

ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

id. 12, 7, 8.—

The character or feelings expressed by the brow.

Poet. in partic., shame:

exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

clament periisse pudorem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—

Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

os),

Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.