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μέτωπον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέτωπον μέτωπου

Structure: μετωπ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: meta/, w)/y

Sense

  1. the space between the eyes, the brow, forehead
  2. the front or face, the front, line

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐθυμώθη Ὀζίασ, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ θυμιατήριον τοῦ θυμιάσαι ἐν τῷ ναῷ, καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμωθῆναι αὐτὸν πρὸσ τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ καὶ ἡ λέπρα ἀνέτειλεν ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον τῶν ἱερέων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἐπάνω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τῶν θυμιαμάτων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 26:19)
  • καὶ ἐπέστρεψε πρὸσ αὐτὸν Ἀζαρίασ ὁ ἱερεὺσ ὁ πρῶτοσ καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸσ λεπρὸσ ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ. καὶ κατέσπευσαν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸσ ἔσπευσεν ἐξελθεῖν, ὅτι ἤλεγξεν αὐτὸν Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 26:20)
  • Οὐδὲ τὸ λάσιον αὐτοῦ καί, ὡσ φήσ, ἄγριον ἄμορφόν ἐστιν ‐ ἀνδρῶδεσ γάρ ‐ ὅ τε ὀφθαλμὸσ ἐπιπρέπει τῷ μετώπῳ οὐδὲν ἐνδεέστερον ὁρῶν ἢ εἰ δύ̓ ἦσαν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 15)
  • οἳ δή τοι τὰ μὲν ἄλλα θεοῖσ ἐναλίγκιοι ἦσαν, μοῦνοσ δ’ ὀφθαλμὸσ μέσσῳ ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 15:2)
  • Κύκλωπεσ δ’ ὄνομ’ ἦσαν ἐπώνυμον, οὕνεκ’ ἄρα σφέων κυκλοτερὴσ ὀφθαλμὸσ ἑείσ ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 15:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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