"frontispicium" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin frons Latin -spic- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin frontispicium From frons (“forehead, front”) + -spic- (“to look, observe”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|frons<t:forehead, front>|speciō<t:to look, observe><alt:-spic-><pos:combining form of speciō>|-ium|text=+|title=frontispicium|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin frons Latin -spic- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin frontispicium [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "frontispicium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="frontispicium"> From frons (“forehead, front”) + -spic- (“to look, observe”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Head templates: {{la-noun|frontispicium<2.-ium>}} frontispicium n (genitive frontispiciī); second declension, {{tlb|la|ML.}} (Medieval Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|frontispicium<2.-ium>}} Forms: frontispiciī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frontispicium [nominative, singular], frontispicia [nominative, plural], frontispiciī [genitive, singular], frontispiciōrum [genitive, plural], frontispiciō [dative, singular], frontispiciīs [dative, plural], frontispicium [accusative, singular], frontispicia [accusative, plural], frontispiciō [ablative, singular], frontispiciīs [ablative, plural], frontispicium [singular, vocative], frontispicia [plural, vocative]
  1. (architecture, chiefly of a church) facade Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-frontispicium-la-noun-heijicRr Categories (other): Architecture, Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 39 20 41 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 44 19 36 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 44 19 36 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 41 26 33 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 64 15 21 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 47 21 33 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 32 28 40 Topics: architecture
  2. the looks of one's forehead, forehead Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-frontispicium-la-noun-hw7qV~EP Categories (other): Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 39 20 41 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 44 19 36 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 44 19 36 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 41 26 33 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 32 28 40
  3. (Christianity) a certain ornament put on the altar of a church Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter Synonyms: frontāle
    Sense id: en-frontispicium-la-noun-RFegAFVb Categories (other): Christianity, Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin terms suffixed with -ium, Medieval Latin, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 39 20 41 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 44 19 36 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 44 19 36 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 41 26 33 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ium: 36 19 45 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 32 28 40 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 30 16 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 12 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 10 70 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 13 59 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 12 65 Topics: Christianity
     
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a certain ornament put on the altar of a church"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) a certain ornament put on the altar of a church"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frontāle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frontispicium"
}

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