"frons" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfrons/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈfrõːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈfrons/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfrɔns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Pokorny compares Irish braine (“prow, edge”), Old Norse brandr (“acroterium”)), deriving them from *bʰren- (“to project; edge”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{ncog|ga|braine||prow, edge}} Irish braine (“prow, edge”), {{ncog|non|brandr||acroterium}} Old Norse brandr (“acroterium”) Head templates: {{la-noun|frōns<3.I>|g=f|g2=m}} frōns f or m (genitive frontis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|frōns<3.I>}} Forms: frōns [canonical, feminine, masculine], frontis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frōns [nominative, singular], frontēs [nominative, plural], frontis [genitive, singular], frontium [genitive, plural], frontī [dative, singular], frontibus [dative, plural], frontem [accusative, singular], frontēs [accusative, plural], frontīs [accusative, plural], fronte [ablative, singular], frontibus [ablative, plural], frōns [singular, vocative], frontēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (literally):
    (anatomy) the forehead, brow, front
    Tags: declension-3, literally Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: ōs, vultus
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-GInw-VRw Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (literally):
    the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings
    Tags: declension-3, literally Synonyms: vultus, faciēs
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-Evj7vC7l
  3. (figuratively):
    as the mirror of a person's character or feelings
    Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-GSl1iCEt
  4. (figuratively):
    (in particular) as expressing shame
    Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-XK3x-WX0
  5. (figuratively):
    (in particular) as expressing shame
    (transferred sense) a sense of modesty; decorum, decency
    Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-r-p2wcWi
  6. (figuratively):
    (Late Latin) as expressing impudence, boldness
    Tags: Late-Latin, declension-3, figuratively Synonyms: ōs
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-A8Yk~T5Q Categories (other): Late Latin
  7. (transferred sense):
    the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)
    Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: faciēs, speciēs, forma, habitus
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-cgCslEhC Disambiguation of Appearance: 7 11 1 1 2 1 53 8 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 7 5 4 4 4 7 10 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 7 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 9 7 4 4 4 7 13 5 9 10 10 7 7 6
  8. (transferred sense):
    the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-MRfaIM5z
  9. (transferred sense):
    (military) the front of an army or fleet in battle array
    Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-K0Z3IXHn Topics: government, military, politics, war
  10. (transferred sense):
    (surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length
    Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Geography, Surveying
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-etn2ApYq Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 7 5 4 4 4 7 10 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 7 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
  11. (transferred sense):
    (surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length
    the coastline; a projecting piece of coast
    Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Geography, Surveying
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-DbRRRzgW Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 7 5 4 4 4 7 10 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 7 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
  12. (transferred sense):
    the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-wwxogwzr
  13. (transferred sense):
    the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)
    either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-hhkj31T1
  14. (transferred sense):
    the exposed surface, outer side of anything
    Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-TCRM~Z1f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frontālia, frontālis, frontātī, frontō, frontōsus
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{la-noun|frōns/frond<3.I>|g=f}} frōns f (genitive frondis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|frōns/frond<3.I>}} Forms: frōns [canonical, feminine], frondis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frōns [nominative, singular], frondēs [nominative, plural], frondis [genitive, singular], frondium [genitive, plural], frondī [dative, singular], frondibus [dative, plural], frondem [accusative, singular], frondēs [accusative, plural], frondīs [accusative, plural], fronde [ablative, singular], frondibus [ablative, plural], frōns [singular, vocative], frondēs [plural, vocative], fruns [alternative]
  1. (literally) A leafy branch, green bough, foliage. Tags: declension-3, literally Synonyms: folium
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-NY4PYSlx
  2. (poetic, transferred sense) A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet. Tags: declension-3, poetic
    Sense id: en-frons-la-noun-wt1EK5ex Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 8 17 7 2 5 5 0 0 8 1 6 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 15 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 8 8 0 0 11 6 10 0 8 8 3 3 5 2 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frondārius, frondātiō, frondātor, frondeō, frondeus, frondifer, frondōsus Related terms: frondēscō
Etymology number: 2
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    },
    {
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      "word": "frontālis"
    },
    {
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      "word": "frontātī"
    },
    {
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      "word": "frontō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frontōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "fruant"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: fruant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: fruant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "frãmti",
            "alts": "1",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: frãmti f, frãmte, frumti, frumte, frunti, frunte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: frãmti f, frãmte, frumti, frumte, frunti, frunte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "frunte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: frunte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: frunte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fronte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fronte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fronte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "front",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: front m\nFrench: front m (see there for further descendants)\nNorman: front m\n→ Dutch: front\n→ Middle English: frount, ffront, ffrount, front, fronte, frounte, frountte, frownt, frownte, frunt, frunte\nEnglish: front (see there for further descendants)\nScots: front",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: front m\nFrench: front m (see there for further descendants)\nNorman: front m\n→ Dutch: front\n→ Middle English: frount, ffront, ffrount, front, fronte, frounte, frountte, frownt, frownte, frunt, frunte\nEnglish: front (see there for further descendants)\nScots: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "frente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: frente f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: frente f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "front"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "front",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: front m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: front m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "frònt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: frònt m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: frònt m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "fronte"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fronte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fronte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "fronte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: fronte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: fronte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fronte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: fronte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: fronte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "fruente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: fruente f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: fruente f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "פ׳רינטי",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Hebrew script: פ׳רינטי",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hebrew script: פ׳רינטי"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "frente",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: frente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: frente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "frente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: frente f",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: frente f (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "frònta"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: frònta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: frònta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "frunti",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: frunti f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: frunti f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "frons",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: frons",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: frons"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "frunt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: frunt",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "frùnt",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "frùnt",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "front",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: frunt, frùnt, front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "fronte",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sardinian: fronte",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "fronti",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fronti",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "frunte",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "frunte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sardinian: fronte, fronti, frunte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "frontis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: frontis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: frontis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetan: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetan: front"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "braine",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prow, edge"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish braine (“prow, edge”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "brandr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "acroterium"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brandr (“acroterium”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Pokorny compares Irish braine (“prow, edge”), Old Norse brandr (“acroterium”)), deriving them from *bʰren- (“to project; edge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fronte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns<3.I>",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "frōns f or m (genitive frontis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the forehead, brow, front"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-GInw-VRw",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ],
        [
          "brow",
          "brow"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally):",
        "(anatomy) the forehead, brow, front"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ōs"
        },
        {
          "word": "vultus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-Evj7vC7l",
      "links": [
        [
          "brow",
          "brow"
        ],
        [
          "countenance",
          "countenance"
        ],
        [
          "indicator",
          "indicator"
        ],
        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally):",
        "the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "faciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "as the mirror of a person's character or feelings"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-GSl1iCEt",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "as the mirror of a person's character or feelings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to assume a bold air",
          "literal_meaning": "to wipe the blush of one's brow",
          "text": "frontem perfricāre",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as expressing shame"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-XK3x-WX0",
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "(in particular) as expressing shame"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in particular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "34 CE – 62 CE, Persius, 5 104",
          "text": "exclāmet Melicerta perīsse frontem dē rēbus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as expressing shame",
        "a sense of modesty; decorum, decency"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-r-p2wcWi",
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "modesty",
          "modesty"
        ],
        [
          "decorum",
          "decorum"
        ],
        [
          "decency",
          "decency"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "(in particular) as expressing shame",
        "(transferred sense) a sense of modesty; decorum, decency"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in particular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as expressing impudence, boldness"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-A8Yk~T5Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "impudence",
          "impudence"
        ],
        [
          "boldness",
          "boldness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "(Late Latin) as expressing impudence, boldness"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ōs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 4 4 4 7 10 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 4 4 4 7 13 5 9 10 10 7 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 11 1 1 2 1 53 8 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Appearance",
          "orig": "la:Appearance",
          "parents": [
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "… and [as Dido] approaches her sorrowful sister to talk, by her expression she hides her plan, and even shines with serene hope in her appearance.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.476–477",
          "roman": "cōnsilium voltū tegit, ac spem fronte serēnat ….",
          "text": "… et maestam dictīs adgressa sorōrem,"
        },
        {
          "english": "at first sight",
          "text": "prīmā fronte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-cgCslEhC",
      "links": [
        [
          "outward",
          "outward"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
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        "(transferred sense):",
        "the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "faciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "forma"
        },
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tergum"
        },
        {
          "word": "latus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in front, to the fore",
          "text": "ā fronte, in fronte, in prīmā fronte, in frontem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)"
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      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-MRfaIM5z",
      "links": [
        [
          "forepart",
          "forepart"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ],
        [
          "facade",
          "facade"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the front of an army or fleet in battle array"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-K0Z3IXHn",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ],
        [
          "fleet",
          "fleet"
        ],
        [
          "array",
          "array"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(military) the front of an army or fleet in battle array"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "la:Geography",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Surveying",
          "orig": "la:Surveying",
          "parents": [
            "Geography",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 4 4 4 7 10 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-etn2ApYq",
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        [
          "surveying",
          "surveying#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "frontage",
          "frontage"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#English"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river#English"
        ],
        [
          "coastline",
          "coastline#English"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
        "surveying"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Geography",
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            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "Geography",
            "Earth sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis": "7 5 4 4 4 7 10 5 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 7",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length",
        "the coastline; a projecting piece of coast"
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      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-DbRRRzgW",
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        [
          "surveying",
          "surveying#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "frontage",
          "frontage"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#English"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river#English"
        ],
        [
          "coastline",
          "coastline#English"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "coastline",
          "coastline"
        ],
        [
          "projecting",
          "projecting"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length",
        "the coastline; a projecting piece of coast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
        "surveying"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-wwxogwzr",
      "links": [
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)",
        "either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-hhkj31T1",
      "links": [
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ],
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ],
        [
          "scroll",
          "scroll"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)",
        "either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "the exposed surface, outer side of anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-TCRM~Z1f",
      "links": [
        [
          "exposed",
          "exposed"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the exposed surface, outer side of anything"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrons/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrõːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrons/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɔns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fr:Jacques André"
  ],
  "word": "frons"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondātor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondeō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondeus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondōsus"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fronda"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fronda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fronda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fronda"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: fronda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: fronda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "frind"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: frind",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: frind"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fronda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: fronda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: fronda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "frond",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: frond",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: frond"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fronde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: fronde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: fronde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fronde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fronde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fronde"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fronde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fruns",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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        "g": "f"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns/frond<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frondēscō"
    }
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And they hold some leftover mud in their foliage. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovid)",
          "text": "Limumque tenent in fronde relictum. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovidius)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A leafy branch, green bough, foliage."
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      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-NY4PYSlx",
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        [
          "leafy",
          "leafy"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "bough",
          "bough"
        ],
        [
          "foliage",
          "foliage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) A leafy branch, green bough, foliage."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "folium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 8 17 7 2 5 5 0 0 8 1 6 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 8 8 0 0 11 6 10 0 8 8 3 3 5 2 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet."
      ],
      "id": "en-frons-la-noun-wt1EK5ex",
      "links": [
        [
          "garland",
          "garland"
        ],
        [
          "leafy",
          "leafy"
        ],
        [
          "bough",
          "bough"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "chaplet",
          "chaplet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, transferred sense) A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frons"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Appearance"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "frontālia"
    },
    {
      "word": "frontālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "frontātī"
    },
    {
      "word": "frontō"
    },
    {
      "word": "frontōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "fruant"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: fruant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: fruant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "frãmti",
            "alts": "1",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: frãmti f, frãmte, frumti, frumte, frunti, frunte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: frãmti f, frãmte, frumti, frumte, frunti, frunte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "frunte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: frunte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: frunte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fronte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fronte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fronte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "front",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: front m\nFrench: front m (see there for further descendants)\nNorman: front m\n→ Dutch: front\n→ Middle English: frount, ffront, ffrount, front, fronte, frounte, frountte, frownt, frownte, frunt, frunte\nEnglish: front (see there for further descendants)\nScots: front",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: front m\nFrench: front m (see there for further descendants)\nNorman: front m\n→ Dutch: front\n→ Middle English: frount, ffront, ffrount, front, fronte, frounte, frountte, frownt, frownte, frunt, frunte\nEnglish: front (see there for further descendants)\nScots: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "frente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: frente f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: frente f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "front"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "front",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: front m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: front m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "frònt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: frònt m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: frònt m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "fronte"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fronte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fronte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "fronte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: fronte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: fronte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fronte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: fronte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: fronte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "fruente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: fruente f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: fruente f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "פ׳רינטי",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Hebrew script: פ׳רינטי",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hebrew script: פ׳רינטי"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "frente",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: frente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: frente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "frente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: frente f",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: frente f (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "frònta"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: frònta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: frònta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "frunti",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: frunti f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: frunti f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "frons",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: frons",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: frons"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "frunt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: frunt",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "frùnt",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "frùnt",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "front",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: frunt, frùnt, front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "fronte",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sardinian: fronte",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "fronti",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fronti",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "frunte",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "frunte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sardinian: fronte, fronti, frunte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "frontis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: frontis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: frontis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetan: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetan: front"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "braine",
        "3": "",
        "4": "prow, edge"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish braine (“prow, edge”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "brandr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "acroterium"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brandr (“acroterium”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Pokorny compares Irish braine (“prow, edge”), Old Norse brandr (“acroterium”)), deriving them from *bʰren- (“to project; edge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fronte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frontēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns<3.I>",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "frōns f or m (genitive frontis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the forehead, brow, front"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ],
        [
          "brow",
          "brow"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally):",
        "(anatomy) the forehead, brow, front"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ōs"
        },
        {
          "word": "vultus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brow",
          "brow"
        ],
        [
          "countenance",
          "countenance"
        ],
        [
          "indicator",
          "indicator"
        ],
        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally):",
        "the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "faciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "as the mirror of a person's character or feelings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "as the mirror of a person's character or feelings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to assume a bold air",
          "literal_meaning": "to wipe the blush of one's brow",
          "text": "frontem perfricāre",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as expressing shame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "(in particular) as expressing shame"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in particular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "Latin terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "34 CE – 62 CE, Persius, 5 104",
          "text": "exclāmet Melicerta perīsse frontem dē rēbus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as expressing shame",
        "a sense of modesty; decorum, decency"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shame",
          "shame"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "modesty",
          "modesty"
        ],
        [
          "decorum",
          "decorum"
        ],
        [
          "decency",
          "decency"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "(in particular) as expressing shame",
        "(transferred sense) a sense of modesty; decorum, decency"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in particular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as expressing impudence, boldness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impudence",
          "impudence"
        ],
        [
          "boldness",
          "boldness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively):",
        "(Late Latin) as expressing impudence, boldness"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ōs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "… and [as Dido] approaches her sorrowful sister to talk, by her expression she hides her plan, and even shines with serene hope in her appearance.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.476–477",
          "roman": "cōnsilium voltū tegit, ac spem fronte serēnat ….",
          "text": "… et maestam dictīs adgressa sorōrem,"
        },
        {
          "english": "at first sight",
          "text": "prīmā fronte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outward",
          "outward"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "faciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "forma"
        },
        {
          "word": "habitus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tergum"
        },
        {
          "word": "latus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in front, to the fore",
          "text": "ā fronte, in fronte, in prīmā fronte, in frontem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forepart",
          "forepart"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ],
        [
          "facade",
          "facade"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the front of an army or fleet in battle array"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ],
        [
          "fleet",
          "fleet"
        ],
        [
          "array",
          "array"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(military) the front of an army or fleet in battle array"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Geography",
        "la:Surveying"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surveying",
          "surveying#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "frontage",
          "frontage"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#English"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river#English"
        ],
        [
          "coastline",
          "coastline#English"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length"
      ],
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        "declension-3"
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        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
        "surveying"
      ]
    },
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        "la:Geography",
        "la:Surveying"
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        "frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length",
        "the coastline; a projecting piece of coast"
      ],
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          "surveying",
          "surveying#Noun"
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        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "frontage",
          "frontage"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road#English"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river#English"
        ],
        [
          "coastline",
          "coastline#English"
        ],
        [
          "length",
          "length"
        ],
        [
          "coastline",
          "coastline"
        ],
        [
          "projecting",
          "projecting"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "(surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length",
        "the coastline; a projecting piece of coast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
        "surveying"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)",
        "either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ],
        [
          "papyrus",
          "papyrus"
        ],
        [
          "scroll",
          "scroll"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)",
        "either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the exposed surface, outer side of anything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exposed",
          "exposed"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "the exposed surface, outer side of anything"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrons/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrõːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrons/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɔns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fr:Jacques André"
  ],
  "word": "frons"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Appearance"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "frondārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "frondātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "frondātor"
    },
    {
      "word": "frondeō"
    },
    {
      "word": "frondeus"
    },
    {
      "word": "frondifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "frondōsus"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fronda"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fronda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fronda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fronda"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: fronda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: fronda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "frind"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: frind",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: frind"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fronda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: fronda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: fronda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "frond",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: frond"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fronde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: fronde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: fronde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fronde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fronde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fronde"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "frondis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fronde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frōns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frondēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fruns",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns/frond<3.I>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "frōns f (genitive frondis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frōns/frond<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "frondēscō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And they hold some leftover mud in their foliage. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovid)",
          "text": "Limumque tenent in fronde relictum. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovidius)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A leafy branch, green bough, foliage."
      ],
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        [
          "leafy",
          "leafy"
        ],
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "bough",
          "bough"
        ],
        [
          "foliage",
          "foliage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) A leafy branch, green bough, foliage."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "folium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "garland",
          "garland"
        ],
        [
          "leafy",
          "leafy"
        ],
        [
          "bough",
          "bough"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "chaplet",
          "chaplet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, transferred sense) A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frons"
}

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