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1 μέτωπον
A the space between the eyes (Arist.HA 491b12), brow, forehead,ὁ δὲ προσιόντα [ἤλασεν] μέτωπον ῥινὸς ὑπὲρ πυμάτης Il.13
. 615, etc.;στίγματα ἔχων ἐν τῷ μ. IG42(1).121.48
(Epid., iv B.C.);χαλάσας τὸ μ. Ar.V. 655
; mostly of men, but of a horse in Il.23.454, cf. S.El. 727; of a boar, X.Cyr.1.4.8; of a dog, Id.Cyn.4.1: in pl., of a single person, Od.6.107, E.Hel. 1568, etc.;τὰ μέτωπ' ἀνέσπασεν Ar.Eq. 631
.2 metaph., γαίας μ., of Etna, Pi.P.1.30.II front, face of anything, as a wall or building, Hdt.1.178, 2.124; τεῖχος ὡς ἐπὶ δέκα σταδίους.. μ. ἕκαστον measuring 10 stades on each face, Id.9.15, cf. IG22.463.66, 7.4255.19, BCH20.324.65 (Lebad.); τὰ μ. τῶν κλιμακτήρων vertical faces of the steps, IG22.244.80; wall extending inwards between two doors, ib.1657.3, 1668.23,59 (dub. sens. in 12.372.30); front or front-line of an army, fleet, etc., A.Pers. 720, etc.; εἰς μ. στῆναι to stand in line, X.Cyr.2.4.2; ἐπὶ μετώπου διιέναι, opp. ἐπὶ κέρως or κέρας (in column), ib.2.4.3; ἐν μετώπῳ καθιστάναι, παρατάξασθαι, ib.2.4.4, HG2.1.23.III = χαλβάνη, or the reed or wood which yields it, Dsc.1.59,3.83.2 v.l. for νέτωπον (q.v.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μέτωπον
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