"frontispicium" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: From frons (“forehead, front”) + -spic- (“to look, observe”, combining form of speciō) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{af|la|frons|speciō|-ium|alt2=-spic-|pos2=combining form of speciō|t1=forehead, front|t2=to look, observe}} 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 with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 60 17 23 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 39 25 36 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 neuter nouns in the second declension, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 39 25 36 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 32 28 40
  3. (Christianity) an certain ornament put on the altar of a church Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter Synonyms: frontāle
    Sense id: en-frontispicium-la-noun-SxULLI-y Categories (other): Christianity, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ium, Medieval Latin, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 39 25 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ium: 12 27 61 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 32 28 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 12 80 Topics: Christianity
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