frontosus
Latin
Etymology
From frons (“forehead”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fronˈtoː.sus/, [frɔn̪ˈt̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fronˈto.sus/, [fron̪ˈt̪ɔːs̬us]
Adjective
frontōsus (feminine frontōsa, neuter frontōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of Janus) having multiple foreheads
- (figuratively) shameless, bold, foreward
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | frontōsus | frontōsa | frontōsum | frontōsī | frontōsae | frontōsa | |
| Genitive | frontōsī | frontōsae | frontōsī | frontōsōrum | frontōsārum | frontōsōrum | |
| Dative | frontōsō | frontōsō | frontōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | frontōsum | frontōsam | frontōsum | frontōsōs | frontōsās | frontōsa | |
| Ablative | frontōsō | frontōsā | frontōsō | frontōsīs | |||
| Vocative | frontōse | frontōsa | frontōsum | frontōsī | frontōsae | frontōsa | |
Related terms
- frons
- frontālia
- frontālis
- frontātī
- frontō
References
- “frontosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frontosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- frontosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- frontosus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016